Chair Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Meritus Health • Hagerstown, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chair of Osteopathic Principles and Practice/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OPP/OMM) provides academic, administrative, clinical, and scholarly leadership for the Department of OPP/OMM at the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine. The Chair serves as the principal faculty leader responsible for the development, delivery, integration, assessment, and continuous quality improvement of osteopathic principles and practice throughout all four years of the curriculum. The Chair ensures that osteopathic philosophy, principles, and osteopathic manipulative medicine are longitudinally integrated throughout the curriculum and support the development of the seven osteopathic core competencies, including medical knowledge, patient care, communication skills, professionalism, practice-based learning and improvement, systems-based practice, and osteopathic principles and practice/osteopathic manipulative treatment. The Chair oversees departmental faculty, curricular operations, osteopathic clinical skills education, assessment activities, scholarly activity, and the integration of osteopathic principles and practice across preclinical and clinical education, in a manner consistent with the institutional mission and COCA accreditation standards.

Requirements

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from a COCA-accredited college of osteopathic medicine.
• Active, unrestricted medical license or eligibility for licensure in the State of Maryland.
• Active board certification from the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (AOBNMM) or Certificate of Special Proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (C-SPOMM).
• Minimum of five years of experience in osteopathic medical education with progressive academic leadership responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience in the development and delivery of osteopathic principles and practice curriculum at a college of osteopathic medicine.
• Demonstrated commitment to osteopathic medical education, faculty development, student mentorship, and academic leadership.
• Strong leadership, organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across academic and clinical departments.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor faculty and students effectively.
• Commitment to professionalism, inclusion, accountability, and mission-driven osteopathic medical education.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic academic environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with curriculum design, curriculum mapping, competency-based education, assessment, and accreditation processes.
• Experience with COMLEX-USA preparation and osteopathic clinical skills education.
• Experience in graduate medical education and osteopathic recognition.
• Record of scholarly activity, publication, presentation, or educational research.
• Experience with simulation, standardized patient education, or clinical skills instruction.
• Significant experience with curriculum development, clinical skill education (clinical cases, entrustable professional activities, and milestones), medical student assessment, student career advising (including the residency match system), graduate medical education standards, and standardized patient and simulation education.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Must be able to effectively interact with administration, faculty, staff, and students as well as build and unify teams.
• Must have the ability and a track record of mentoring faculty and students.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal faculty leader responsible for the development, implementation, oversight, integration, assessment, and continuous quality improvement of the OPP/OMM curriculum across all four years.
• Ensure the curriculum includes instruction in osteopathic principles and practice, including both observational and supervised hands-on application of osteopathic manipulative medicine.
• Ensure osteopathic principles and practice are integrated throughout preclinical and clinical education and support development of the osteopathic core competencies.
• Collaborate with course directors, clerkship directors, simulation faculty, and institutional leadership to integrate osteopathic content throughout the curriculum.
• Participate in curriculum mapping, curricular review, assessment, and program evaluation activities.
• Ensure alignment of OPP/OMM curricular content with institutional learning outcomes, COMLEX-USA preparation, competency-based education, and accreditation standards.
• Develop and oversee practical examinations, written examinations, competency-based assessments, osteopathic clinical skills assessments, and question banks.
• Maintain oversight of osteopathic laboratory instruction, simulation activities, clinical skills education, and osteopathic clinical application experiences.
• Provide administrative leadership and operational oversight for the Department of OPP/OMM.
• Recruit, supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate departmental faculty and staff.
• Assist with faculty scheduling, workload management, faculty development, and departmental strategic planning.
• Ensure faculty maintain appropriate licensure, credentialing, certification, and clinical competency.
• Participate in accreditation activities, institutional committees, faculty governance, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Support a collaborative, professional, inclusive, and student-centered educational environment.
• Teach osteopathic principles, osteopathic manipulative medicine, clinical reasoning, and related clinical skills in classroom, laboratory, simulation, small-group, and clinical settings.
• Provide formative and summative student assessment and timely feedback.
• Advise and mentor students regarding academic achievement, professional development, residency preparation, and osteopathic professional identity formation.
• Write letters of recommendation and support student career advising activities as appropriate.
• Promote professionalism, wellness, inclusion, accountability, and student success.
• Participate in clinical activities that support the osteopathic educational mission of the institution.
• Provide osteopathic-focused patient care and clinical instruction consistent with departmental and institutional needs.
• Demonstrate and reinforce osteopathic principles and patient-centered care in clinical learning environments.
• Maintain active licensure, board certification, and continuing professional development consistent with institutional and professional requirements.
• Support and participate in scholarly activity related to osteopathic medicine, medical education, clinical outcomes, or related disciplines.
• Encourage and mentor faculty and student scholarly activity within the department.
• Collaborate with institutional leadership and faculty on educational and research initiatives.
• Collaborate with affiliated residency programs and clinical partners to support osteopathic education and osteopathic recognition initiatives.
• Support osteopathic faculty development efforts for community preceptors and clinical educators.
• Assist in strengthening osteopathic clinical integration within affiliated graduate medical education programs where appropriate.
• Complete student evaluations and assessments in a timely manner.
• Participate in committee assignments and institutional service activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean, Associate Dean, or designated institutional leadership.

Benefits

• health, dental, and vision insurance available starting the 1st of the month following date of hire
• life insurance
• short and long-term disability coverage
• Paid Time Off begins accruing from day one
• 401k plan
• education assistance program
• employee assistance program
• shift differential for employees working evening, night, or weekend shifts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior