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This position is a non-tenure track, 12-month appointment on the Columbus, GA campus. Additional duties will be required/assigned during the summer.

Teaching faculty will play a key role in the continued development and implementation of an integrated, cross-disciplinary curriculum that includes small and large group case-based and team-based learning, and other active teaching-learning methods.

Successful candidates will have a strong record of scholarly activity and evidence of medical or graduate teaching expertise in the physiology discipline.

Expertise in other disciplines will also be considered depending on the teaching needs of our department.

Applications for full-time and/or visiting faculty at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank will be considered and are available immediately. For over thirty years, MUSM has focused on training medical students to fulfill MUSM's mission of preparing healthcare professionals to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and underserved Georgia residents and communities. Emphasizing interactive and problem-based teaching strategies, our student-centered faculty provides a conceptual and practical foundation that equips graduates to be discerning consumers and innovative producers of knowledge across a variety of medical and community settings, as well as academic institutions. Through teaching, scholarship, and service, students and faculty work closely to have local, regional, national, and international impact.

Qualifications:

Candidates must hold a terminal degree (M.D or equivalent, Ph.D.) from an accredited college/university in an appropriate discipline. In the case of applicants to the Pharmacology position, applications are invited from individuals with a PharmD degree as well.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in health professions education particularly with utilizing active learning methods in teaching biomedical sciences in one of the three areas/disciplines listed above;

• Experience independently develop learning resources, independently develop and facilitate large group interactive learning sessions, develop items for assessment of student learning, and serve as a discipline representative in one of the above three areas;

• Experience as a tutor/facilitator of small group interdisciplinary case-based learning sessions in a clinically oriented pre-clerkship medical curriculum.

• Applicants applying for Associate or Full Professor ranks should have a strong record of medical school teaching in large and small group settings.

• Faculty members are expected to participate broadly across the curricula in both the medical and graduate programs, engage in scholarship in areas of biomedical science, medical education, or community-oriented research, and serve on departmental, school-wide, or other committees as designated.

Interested candidates will need to complete a brief online application and submit a CV, letter of interest, and a list of three professional references with contact information. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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