Assistant​/Associate​/Professor, Pharmacology Medical Educator

Assistant/Associate/Professor, Pharmacology Medical Educator

Wright State University

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The Wright Curriculum is fully‑integrated across the basic and clinical sciences, in disciplines that include anatomy, biochemistry, biostatistics, clinical and evidence‑based medicine, genetics, histology, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology. This integrated curriculum requires a broad and complementary set of teaching faculty that collectively cover expertise across all of these disciplines.

This faculty position will fulfill a critical need within the Department of Medical Education at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (WSUBSOM). The faculty in this position will teach medical students and assist with implementation of a therapeutics curriculum, providing students a unified knowledge base to apply the science of pharmacology at the bedside with various patient populations. Collaborate with the Office of Medical Education Research & Program Evaluation to assure appropriate assessment tools and outcomes analysis and apply a scholarly approach to teaching.

Work with interdisciplinary colleagues across basic medical sciences and clinical/Doctoring colleagues. Dually report to the Chair of Family Medicine and the Department of Medical Education.

• PharmD or PhD in Pharmacology with at least 1 year of teaching experience with medical, nursing, graduate, or pharmacy school students.
• 2 years of clinical practice or postdoctoral experience.
• Interest in learning or experience with innovative teaching/learning strategies.
• Comfort in teaching the science and application of therapeutics, collaborating closely with physiology faculty and clinicians.
• Must exhibit an evidence‑based approach to the use of therapeutics.

Assistant Professor level candidates must meet all requirements above.

Associate Professor level candidates must meet all requirements above, plus have at least five years experience as an Assistant Professor with an exemplary scholarly portfolio and supervisory experience and meet all Associate Professor Promotion requirements.

Full Professor candidates must fulfill all the requirements of Associate Professor along with at least five years' experience at the Associate Professor along with an exemplary scholarly portfolio and leadership experience and meet all Professor Promotion requirements.

• Experience with instructional design and the use of multi‑media to enhance learning.
• Experience with scholarship of teaching/learning.
• Experience teaching undergraduate medical students.
• Experience with engaged/active learning modalities (e.g., Team‑Based Learning, Peer Instruction, problem‑based learning).

• Coordinate and implement pharmacotherapeutic education and provide supervision to Family Medicine residents and students. The position involves participating in morning reports and hospital rounds with the Family Medicine Inpatient Service, addressing medication issues and providing support for patient safety issues.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary groups (clinicians and biomedical scientists) to create and deliver engaged learning activities for medical students in a lecture‑free curriculum.

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary groups (clinicians and biomedical scientists) to create and deliver engaged learning activities for medical students in our lecture‑free curriculum, with an emphasis on the Doctoring Curriculum.
• May be a module co‑director in Doctoring and may support some content in Foundations.

• Consistently offer a 2‑week pharmacotherapy elective for third year medical students.

• Contribute to the literature on medical education.
• Engage in service activities as appropriate.

Special contract position with continuation dependent on funding. Special contract terms and conditions of employment apply.