Family Medicine Residency Director of Osteopathic Education

Overview

Family Medicine Residency Director of Osteopathic Education

Central Maine Healthcare is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving 400,000 people in central, western and Midcoast Maine. CMH facilities include Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, and CMH Medical Group. Other system services include the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, a regional trauma program, Life Flight of Maine's southern base, and the Central Maine Comprehensive Cancer Center.

If you are passionate about making a difference and are looking for your next great career opportunity, we look forward to reviewing your application.

• Position Summary:
  
  The core faculty member for our Family Medicine Residency program will play a key role in educating and training future family medicine physicians.
• The Director of Osteopathic Education has additional responsibilities to ensure that residents who desire and qualify for participation on the Osteopathic Recognition Track have an appropriate educational experience.
• The successful candidate will have osteopathic expertise and strong clinical and teaching skills, and will collaborate with the program director, residents, and other faculty to provide a comprehensive educational experience for our residents. This position reports to the Program Director.
• Provide patient care with evidence-based, cost-effective, high-quality care; participate in and lead quality improvement activities emphasizing reduction of health disparities; maintain licenses and board certifications; complete clinical charting in a timely fashion; coordinate and lead interprofessional, team-based care; contribute to community health improvements.

• Develop and implement Osteopathic Practices and Principles curriculum
• Teach and train residents, medical students, and other learners in the theory, science, and identity of Family Medicine
• Engage in lifelong learning and exhibit professionalism in teaching, clinical care, leadership, and advocacy
• Deliver didactic lectures for the residency program and include information on health disparities
• Serve as a mentor and advisor; participate in scholarly activity; deliver an engaging learning curriculum; develop competency-based curriculum including DEI objectives
• Participate in faculty development; evaluate residents and medical students using competency-based, milestone evaluations and direct observation, with emphasis on Osteopathic Principles and Practice
• Coordinate didactics and assigned rotations; supervise QA/QI and research activities as appropriate; engage in Osteopathic professional development
• Attend didactics when not scheduled for patient care; provide at least 4 didactic sessions annually; seek feedback and use it to improve performance
• Provide respectful, behavior-focused feedback and work with the faculty to develop remediation plans

• Administer and maintain an environment conducive to osteopathic education
• Review and approve faculty and residents for Osteopathic Recognition Track
• Serve on committees to enhance medical education, patient care, or quality improvement
• Monitor resident work hours with attention to fatigue and sleep deprivation; participate in faculty, CCC, PEC, and GMEC meetings as directed
• Engage in program evaluation and improvement plans and implement action items for programmatic success

• Recognize the importance of personal well-being and model balance for residents and staff
• Foster reflective practice, personal growth, bias mitigation, collaboration, and resilience

• DO or MD degree from an accredited medical school
• Board certification in Family Medicine
• Certification through the AOA or qualifications acceptable by the ACGME Osteopathic Recognition Committee
• Eligibility for an unrestricted Maine medical license
• Two years of experience as a practicing family physician; teaching experience preferred
• Strong clinical skills in family medicine (outpatient and inpatient)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Commitment to education and development of future family medicine physicians
• Ability to collaborate with residents, faculty, staff, and patients; experience with electronic medical records and clinical technologies

• Ability to engage patients and team members using CMH Experience Standards

• Employment Status:
  Full Time
• Shift: Days

CMH actively promotes diversity in its workforce at all levels of the organization. We celebrate cultural and other differences and consider them strengths of the organization. CMH is an equal opportunity employer; no one shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or veteran status in any offer, term or condition of employment.

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