Clinical Assistant Professor Physical Therapy and Director of Clinical Education

Clinical Assistant Professor Physical Therapy and Director of Clinical Education

Job : 290596
Location: Georgia Southern - Savannah
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

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With more than 26,000 students and 141 degree programs, Georgia Southern University is the largest comprehensive university south of Atlanta. Our hands-on, practical approach to learning, and faculty dedicated to teaching, ensure you are prepared for your career and life after graduation.

Armstrong Campus
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419

Department Information

Within this setting, the person selected for this position will be an integral part of a physical therapist education program with a sustained record of student success. The program's mission is providing student-centered education that allows individuals to develop physical therapy skills and knowledge that address the challenges of the rapidly changing healthcare system and the expanding need for evidence-based physical therapy services.

Program faculty members also work collaboratively with various stakeholders within and outside the physical therapy community to improve the quality of physical therapy care and enhance the scientific basis of professional practice.

Job Summary

Reporting to the department chair and the DPT Program Director, the Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Director of Clinical Education requires teaching, administrative, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the DPT program. The primary responsibilities of the Director of Clinical Education are to plan, coordinate, facilitate, administer, and monitor activities on behalf of the DPT program and in coordination with academic and clinical faculty.

Teaching, scholarship, and service are required of all faculty. These activities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Developing, scheduling, monitoring, and refining the clinical education component of the curriculum;
• Facilitating quality learning experiences for students during clinical education;
• Evaluating student performance, in cooperation with other faculty, to determine their ability to integrate didactic clinical learning experiences and to progress within the curriculum;
• Educating students, clinical faculty, and academic faculty about clinical education;
• Selecting clinical learning environments that demonstrate characteristics of sound patient/client management, ethical and professional behavior, and currency with physical therapy practice;
• Maximizing available resources for the clinical education program;
• Providing documented records and assessment of the clinical education component of the DPT Program (including clinical education sites and clinical educators);
• Engaging core faculty in clinical education planning,…