Assistant/Associate Professor - COP

Touro University•Vallejo, CA

7d•$125,000 - $135,000

About The Position

A faculty member in the College of Pharmacy (COP) is expected to make contributions in three areas: teaching; research and scholarship; and service. For this position, the faculty member’s primary focus is on providing high-quality instruction and training for PharmD students. Specifically, the faculty member will develop, design, coordinate, and deliver pharmacy care skills labs, pharmacy practice activities, and assessments to engage, develop, and assess the students clinically and professionally, and to evaluate the development of skills-based competencies throughout the curriculum. The faculty member will collaborate with other faculty and staff to ensure vertical/horizontal integration of skills-based content throughout the curriculum. This position will include future opportunities to collaborate in the development, with the Department Chair and administrative team, at a part-time practice site. Research and scholarship can be accomplished through the scholarship of teaching and learning and in their practice site. Collaboration with other faculty is encouraged. Service to the department (e.g., participation in exam production, execution and evaluation), College (e.g., standing committees), University, and professional community (e.g., pharmacy, science disciplines) is expected. The work requires flexibility, adaptability, creativity, and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups. The faculty member must support the mission and vision of the College and be motivated toward the development of students as pharmacists and leaders in the profession. This will be a critical component of skills laboratory instruction and role modeling, with the preferred candidate having been active in professional and/or scientific organizations.

Requirements

Doctoral degree (e.g ., PharmD, MD, DO, PhD) or equivalent expertise in a relevant area, with preference toward a PharmD
Experience teaching at the professional student level
Develop and maintain good working rapport with other faculty members, students and staff.
Create and maintain an atmosphere of collegiality, teamwork, respect, fairness, and inclusiveness.
Support a culture of flexibility, adaptability, and resourcefulness.
Maintain currency in the area of training where teaching and research
Maintain accurate and complete student records and evaluate students in a timely
Guarantee confidentiality of all student information.
Adhere to policies and procedures of Touro University

Responsibilities

Develop, design, coordinate, and deliver patient care skills-based laboratories and pharmacy practice active learning activities. Example activities: physical assessment, injection technique, sterile & non-sterile compounding, patient counseling, patient interviewing skills, disability simulation, diabetes workshop, pulmonary devices workshop, SOAP note writing
Train, mentor, and supervise lab preceptors, residents, standardized patients, and APPE students
Maintain, organize, and inventory lab supplies/materials
Collaborate with other faculty to ensure vertical and horizontal integration of skills-based content across the curriculum
Align laboratory activities with ACPE standards and COEPA outcomes.
Develop, design, coordinate, and deliver OSCEs and patient care skills assessments
Develop rubrics and tools to assess student performance
Provide formative and summative feedback to students on competency-based assessments
Align laboratory activities and assessments with ACPE standards and COEPA outcomes
Review and analyze student performance data to refine lab curriculum and active learning activities
Collaborate with the Office of Experiential Education to ensure patient care skills lab instruction supports and better prepares students for IPPE/APPEs
Leverage the position into productive levels of scholarship . Conduct inquiry into, test various models/methods of teaching instruction, and disseminate these findings in appropriate journals
Work with TUCCOP leadership to identify contributions to student learning (eg, scholarships, donations of supplies, equipment
Present and publish the outcomes of scholarly work at professional meetings and appropriate peer - reviewed journals .
Engage in various levels of service to the Department, College, University, and Profession
Serve on committees and actively contribute to the development of the department, College, and the University
Attend and participate in faculty, department, Coll e ge , and University me e tings as appropriate and undertake other faculty duties as necessary
Work collegially w i th other fa c ulty in the rec ruitment and developm e nt of pharmacy students .
Engage in fa c ulty development activities .