Teaching Instructor

Adjunct Faculty Teaching Instructor

Job Code & Class: 9404T

This is a one semester adjunct teaching appointment for the Center for Bioethics' Spring 2027 Semester Care Ethics course. This course examines the caring work that serves as the very foundation of health care. What does it mean to truly care for patients and how do we act out this care in light of the changing landscape in health care? This course examines the ethical complexities of caring in light of advancing medical technology, increasingly restrictive resource limitations, ableism in healthcare, medical gas lighting and changing perceptions in clinical trustworthiness among other issues.

This course will explore the ethics of caring through a medical humanities lens. Through engagement with art, movies, poetry, and literature, students will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to care for patients. Course activities include participation in weekly discussion, movie viewings, and readings. Assignments include an art/literature analysis project and oral presentation.

The Center for Bioethics is committed to an excellent employee experience, offering a flexible work environment that meets the needs of students, staff, faculty, and the communities we serve. Flexible work arrangements may include flexibility in schedule and/or work location. All UMN employees are expected to follow applicable public health and safety procedures. This position is remote/hybrid work location and expectations.

Collaborate with a Center for Bioethics faculty member to prepare and teach the course via Canvas, an online learning platform. Course planning includes developing the course syllabus, designing assignments, and creating the Canvas site. Course delivery and facilitation includes leading and/or partnering on facilitation of class sessions held using Zoom, working in a timely fashion to update the course syllabus and provide any updated course materials and links on an as-needed basis, monitoring and responding to online discussion forums, evaluating and grading student performance, holding office hours (student meetings via Zoom) and answering student questions via email on a timely basis, and handling administrative matters related to the course, including connecting with Disability Resource Center as needed, and submitting grades.

All required qualifications must be documented on application materials.

• MD, PhD or other terminal degree in relevant field.
• Specialized expertise in the course content area.
• Experience teaching at the graduate/professional level in bioethics and medical humanities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with people from a variety of communities, backgrounds, and identities.

• Experience with Canvas teaching platform, and leading discussions via Zoom.

Pay Range: $3,750, depending on education/qualifications/experience.

Retirement plan options are available for Civil Service, Faculty, Labor-Represented, Professional & Administrative, and Temp Casual classifications.

Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Our presumption is that prospective employees are eligible to work here. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify finalists from employment.

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