Assistant/Associate Professor Family Medicine & Osteopathic Principles and Practices.

Southeast Health

About The Position

Position Summary: The Director of Clinical ONMM has primary responsibility for the ONMM educational experiences of ACOM students in the ACOM clinics. The Director coordinates with the Chair of OPP and the Medical Director of ACOM Clinics to manage the scheduling, supervision, and training of ACOM students in the clinics; and oversees the clinical teaching assignments of ONMM clinical faculty and OPP Fellow Scholars. Secondary Role: Assistant/Associate Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practice Position Summary: The Assistant/Associate Professor is primarily responsible for the educational development of ACOM students. Individuals in these positions work both in the classroom and in out of classroom settings to develop and disseminate technical/scientific knowledge to ACOM students to motivate them toward their full professional attainment in the medical field. The individuals in these positions are under supervision of their Department Chair. Secondary Role: Assistant/Associate Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practice Position Summary: The Assistant/Associate Professor is primarily responsible for the educational development of ACOM students. Individuals in these positions work both in the classroom and in out of classroom settings to develop and disseminate technical/scientific knowledge to ACOM students to motivate them toward their full professional attainment in the medical field. The individuals in these positions are under supervision of their Department Chair. Southeast Health is an academic community-based health system serving the healthcare needs of 460,000 residents in southeast Alabama, southwest Georgia, and the Florida panhandle. The organization includes, Southeast Health Medical Center, a 420-bed hospital with the region’s largest medical group and the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM), the state’s largest medical school. The philanthropic arm of the organization is the Southeast Health Foundation, and its population health division is Southeast Health Statera Network. Southeast Health, a not-for-profit organization, exists to promote healing, prevent disease, educate medicine’s brightest minds, and bring wellness and prosperity to the region it serves. Delivering excellent patient care and top-notch educational experiences begins with great employees, which is why we constantly strive to improve the work experience for our 3,000 team members.

Responsibilities

Manages clinical learning experiences and observation experiences of students including supervision and scheduling of students.
Coordinates with the Chair of OPP to ensure appropriate student assignments and clinical experiences.
Meets regularly with other clinical educators, including OPP Fellows, to monitor and evaluate the learning experience.
Is readily available for consultation when students are in the clinical area.
Provides ONMM care to clinic patients and involves students in patient care as appropriate for their level of knowledge and skill.
Monitors student progress through rounds, student clinical training sessions, one-on-one conferences, and review of student clinical assignments.
Collaborates with other clinical educators to evaluate students’ clinical performance and to provide formative feedback to students.
Evaluates, develops and delivers course material to ACOM students in a particular scientific discipline
Contributes to the learning of medical students, graduate students, interns and residents through classroom teaching as well as in one-on-one out of class situations
Serves in leadership and membership capacities on college and faculty committees
Participates in professional and scientific meetings to further individual knowledge and to contribute to the development of other professionals
Prepares and delivers presentations to other professionals at ACOM and during local/regional/national professional and scientific meetings
Supervises graduate students, student workers and research assistants.
Evaluates student progress in learning appropriate medical knowledge. Communicates these evaluations to the student and administrative/faculty members as appropriate
Actively pursues scientific research or other scholarly activity in one or more areas of scientific study
Publishes results of scientific research or other scholarly activity in professional journals for a particular area of study. (Note: Faculty can perform scholarly activity other than research to satisfy their responsibility such as author a book, chapter, or manual; produce educational computer software, teaching models, etc.)