Assistant​/Associate Professor of Medical Education; Health System Science

Assistant/Associate Professor of Medical Education (Health System Science)

Job Class Code: 10005
FLSA:
Exempt
Posting Number: FRGV
1927

Location:

Edinburg, Texas
Division/Organization:
Division of Health Affairs
Appointment Period for Non-Tenure Position: 1 year
Tenure Status:
Non Tenure Track
FTE: 1.0

The Department of Medical Education at the UTRGV School Of Medicine (UTRGV SOM) in Edinburg, TX seeks a highly qualified faculty member to lead and teach Health System Science primarily within the pre‑clerkship curricular years of the MD program. The candidate will develop and manage the module during the pre‑clerkship curriculum. This is a wonderful opportunity for an outstanding academic Health System Scientist who is enthusiastic about teaching and education, to contribute to a young medical school with an extremely dynamic environment.

Candidates should have a desire and flexibility to integrate instruction across other disciplines within a fully integrated curriculum. All candidates with enthusiasm for teaching and those with prior teaching experience in a health‑profession related environment are encouraged to apply; however, prior teaching experience in an LCME‑accredited medical school would be considered preferred. This position will be responsible for teaching, developing, and implementing Health System Science in the medical school curriculum which encompasses key areas related to healthcare, systems thinking, epidemiology, quality improvement in healthcare, patient safety, social determinants of health, population health, global health, statistics and health policy.

This position has a full‑time instructional mandate, and the recruited candidate must be committed to excellence in the teaching and mentoring of first‑ and second‑year medical students, in addition to teaching within other graduate programs offered by the School of Medicine. The present MD curriculum at the school is of a hybrid nature, designed around the Problem Based Learning (PBL) modality, while also employing traditional lecture‑based instruction.

• Terminal doctoral degree (MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD, Doctor of Public Health, or equivalent) with specific training/experience in health systems science or a closely related field.

• Demonstrable expertise in Health System Science.
• Prior teaching experience in an LCME‑accredited medical school.
• One year of experience with curriculum development in undergraduate medical education and/or health systems science in higher education.

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