Assistant Professor (Anatomist) - Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics

Penn State University • Tallahassee, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Penn State College of Medicine seeks a creative anatomist educator at the rank of assistant professor, non-tenure track, and with the opportunity for promotion, based at the medical school’s central campus in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The anatomist will join a team of anatomy faculty who teach gross anatomy and related coursework to Medical Students, Physician Assistant (PA) students, Anatomy PhD students, and Residents; and with opportunities to teach other learners. The primary responsibility for the anatomist will be the continued development and running of an innovative clinical anatomy curriculum for the College of Medicine’s PA students. The anatomist will organize and lead the PA program anatomy and run the gross anatomy labs with the help of the Penn State College of Medicine Anatomy Graduate students. As needed, other anatomists from the Human Structure Program (Anatomy) will provide support. The anatomist will have responsibility for the PA anatomy exams and will be expected to teach some lectures while delegating other lectures to the Graduate Anatomy Students who function as TAs for the PA anatomy courses. The anatomist also will work directly with the Anatomy Graduate Students, and in coordination with senior anatomy faculty, to help them prepare for teaching the PA anatomy lectures and labs. The anatomist will receive support from the Director of the PA program to ensure the exams, labs, lectures, etc. are consistent with the accrediting criteria for the PA program. The anatomist will have opportunities to work with course directors for both the MD and PA programs, and with the Director of the Anatomy Graduate Program, to ensure and facilitate appropriate integration. Further responsibilities may include collaboration with faculty members from the Human Structure (Anatomy) team in the teaching of ultrasound, embryology, histology and in the third year, the integrated science sessions that have been designed to spiral basic science learning in the clerkship setting. Within the fourth year, interdisciplinary musculoskeletal and neuroscience anatomy electives are well established along with opportunities for the design of additional interdisciplinary anatomy electives. The Anatomy teaching faculty position is a fully funded educational role and reports to the Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, and functions under the Director of the Graduate Program in Anatomy and the Director of the Program on Education in Human Structure.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or equivalent in Anatomy or a related field
• Minimum of 2 years teaching experience including full human dissection
• PA State Police Criminal Background Check
• PA Child Abuse History Clearance Form
• Federal (FBI) Fingerprint Criminal Background Check

Nice To Haves

• Additional experience teaching embryology and histology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Continued development and running of an innovative clinical anatomy curriculum for the College of Medicine’s PA students.
• Organize and lead the PA program anatomy and run the gross anatomy labs with the help of the Penn State College of Medicine Anatomy Graduate students.
• Responsibility for the PA anatomy exams.
• Teach some lectures while delegating other lectures to the Graduate Anatomy Students who function as TAs for the PA anatomy courses.
• Work directly with the Anatomy Graduate Students, and in coordination with senior anatomy faculty, to help them prepare for teaching the PA anatomy lectures and labs.
• Work with course directors for both the MD and PA programs, and with the Director of the Anatomy Graduate Program, to ensure and facilitate appropriate integration.
• Collaboration with faculty members from the Human Structure (Anatomy) team in the teaching of ultrasound, embryology, histology and in the third year, the integrated science sessions that have been designed to spiral basic science learning in the clerkship setting.
• Design of additional interdisciplinary anatomy electives.

Benefits

• Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional wellbeing.
• In addition to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, employees enjoy robust retirement plans.
• One of the standout benefits is the generous 75% tuition discount, available to employees as well as eligible spouses and children.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree