Faculty, Bioethics and Professionalism

Mercer University•Macon, GA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) is seeking a highly qualified educator with broad training and demonstrated experience or enthusiasm for teaching in a 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. The candidate for this position will be based primarily in Macon though there is an expectation that all bioethics and professionalism faculty will teach on all three campuses both virtually and physically. The selected candidate will work closely with the Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities and the other faculty in the department in creating an integrated ethics and humanities curriculum in both the pre-clinical and clerkship years. Faculty are engaged in a variety of pedagogical modes including Team Based Learning and Problem Based Learning. In addition to the Doctor of Medicine program, the medical school also offers the following degrees: a PhD in Biomedical Sciences; a Master’s in Biomedical Sciences; a Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Healthcare Sciences; and a Master’s in Family Therapy. For 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.

Requirements

Hold a terminal degree (PhD, JD, DBe, MD, DO or Equivalent) from an accredited college/university in an appropriate discipline.
Demonstrated Training in Ethics Consultation
A Commitment to the Mission of Mercer University School of Medicine
Excellent Writing and Communication Skills
Research and Teaching in the Medical Humanities

Nice To Haves

Experience in the Care of the Rural and Underserved
A Record of Scholarship and Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education
Certification as a Clinical Ethics Consultant (HEC-C)
Experience independently developing learning resources
Experience independently developing and facilitating large group interactive learning sessions
Experience developing items for assessment of student learning
Experience as a tutor/facilitator of small group interdisciplinary case-based learning sessions in a clinically oriented medical curriculum.

Responsibilities

Teach on all three campuses (Macon, Savannah, Columbus) both virtually and physically.
Work closely with the Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities and other faculty to create an integrated ethics and humanities curriculum in both pre-clinical and clerkship years.
Engage in pedagogical modes including Team Based Learning and Problem Based Learning.
Be involved in special programs such as faculty development in ethics education, teaching and grand rounds in affiliated medical centers, and sponsoring student projects and research in bioethics and the medical humanities.
Participate in faculty committee participation.
Contribute to the four-year certificate program in bioethics and medical humanities.
Participate broadly across the curricula in both the medical and graduate programs.
Engage in scholarship in areas of Bioethics and Medical Humanities.
Engage in interdisciplinary work with the law school, nursing school, pharmacy school, and the school of theology.