Assistant Professor or Higher - Clinician Medical Educator

Overview:
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) El Paso
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (PLFSOM)

The Department of Medical Education at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso – Paul L. Foster School of Medicine is seeking a candidate for a full-time clinician educator and college mentor position on the tenure or non-tenure track. The successful candidate will dedicate approximately 20-30% time and effort to clinical practice (no nights, weekends, or calls required), with the balance of time devoted to teaching, student mentoring, service, and scholarship.

Although this position is specifically oriented to the pre-clerkship phase of the curriculum, clinician educators are generally involved in all aspects of the educational program.

A prominent feature of our curriculum is the establishment of colleges, or learning communities, which serve as the academic and social homes for our medical students. Each college is supervised by a team of faculty mentors, who in addition to their student mentoring roles, collaboratively teach a discussion-based course (the ‘College Colloquium’) that addresses issues related to ethics, humanities, professionalism, teamwork, contemporary challenges in medicine, and the roles of physicians in medical and social systems.

College mentors also work with basic and clinical science educators to develop and deliver a clinical presentation-based curriculum that integrates clinical reasoning and clinical skills development with the scientific and social foundations of medicine.

Nestled between the Franklin Mountains and the Rio Grande River, and boasting over 300 days of sunshine per year, El Paso residents enjoy a friendly community with numerous outdoor and cultural pursuits. El Paso was recognized as an All-America City in 2018 for being a community that demonstrates innovation, inclusiveness, civic engagement, and cross-sector collaboration for outstanding civic accomplishments. El Paso received the All-America City award again in 2021 for its inclusive civic engagement to improve community equity and resilience.

It ranks among the top five “Safest Large Cities in America” (2023 Forbes report) and is one of the most affordable cities to live in America (2023 Niche rankings).

This position contributes to the university's mission through teaching, scholarship, clinical service, and academically related public service. The successful candidate will:

• Participate in the collaborative development and delivery of the pre-clerkship medical school curriculum (years 1-2), with an emphasis on curricular elements related to the teaching and assessment of clinical reasoning, clinical skills, and professional development

In addition, and more generally, the successful candidate will:

• Provide one-on-one support, feedback, and advising to medical students assigned to one of the school’s academic learning communities (‘colleges’)
• Co-facilitate discussion-based sessions devoted to topics such as medical ethics, controversies in medicine, evidence-based medicine, critical thinking, safety and quality improvement, communication, humanism, empathy, wellness, life‑long learning, bias, leadership, and professionalism
• Work closely with other faculty to develop and deliver an integrated curriculum which blends basic science and clinical concepts
• Employ a variety of teaching methods including case‑based instruction, large‑ and small‑group discussion, lecture, demonstration, simulation, and team‑based learning
• Participate in the collaborative development and implementation of simulated patient cases, including standardized patient scenarios, worked case examples, virtual patients, computer simulations, and other formats
• Provide formative and summative assessment of medical student performance through a variety of methods, including the co‑development and implementation of objective structured clinical examinations and rubric‑guided grading of clinical skills with narrative feedback
• Work closely with course and curriculum committees, fellow faculty, and key administrators to accomplish the educational program goals and objectives…