Faculty, Bioethics and Professionalism

Faculty, Bioethics and ProfessionalismMercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) is seeking highly qualified educators with broad training and demonstrated experience or enthusiasm for teaching in an integrated pre-clerkship medical school curriculum. This position is a tenure track, 12-month appointment on the Macon, Georgia campus. Additional duties will be required/assigned during the summer. The departmental assignment will be based on degree type and experience.ResponsibilitiesSuccessful candidates will have a strong record of scholarly activity and evidence of medical or graduate teaching expertise.MUSM focuses on educating physicians and healthcare professionals to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and medically underserved areas in Georgia. Faculty members are expected to participate broadly across the curricula and engage in scholarly activities in area of Bioethics and Medical Humanities. Additional duties include course administration and contributions to institutional/departmental governance and service. Experience in health professions education and with innovative learning strategies including the ability to facilitate large and small interactive sessions is preferred.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.QualificationsHold a terminal degree (PhD, JD, DBe, MD, DO or Equivalent) from an accredited college/university in an appropriate discipline.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.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 Bioethics and Medical Humanities, medical education, or community-oriented research, and serve on departmental, school-wide, or other committees as designated.Additional InformationFor 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.Background Check ContingenciesCriminal HistoryBenefitsMercer University offers a variety of benefits for eligible employees including comprehensive health insurance (for self and dependents), generous retirement contributions, tuition waivers, paid vacation and sick leave, technology discounts, schedules that allow for work-life balance.DepartmentBioethics & Medical HumanitiesCollege/DivisionSchool Of MedicinePrimary Job Posting LocationMacon, GA 31207Additional Job Posting Locations(Other locations that this position could be based)Scheduled Weekly Hours40Job FamilyFaculty MedicineEEO StatementEEO/Veteran/DisabilityJ-18808-Ljbffr