Faculty-Physician Assistant Program–Clinical Year

Johnson & Wales University•Providence, RI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Collaborates with the program director, director of clinical education, faculty and staff to ensure that the educational environment demonstrates qualities needed to provide medical education in accordance with the physician assistant program's mission, goals and accreditation standards for physician assistant education.

Requirements

Master's degree
Three or more years of clinical experience working as a physician assistant
Current NCCPA Certification
Valid physician assistant license for the State of Rhode Island or eligibility to obtain such licensure
Valid U.S. driver's license

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in physician assistant studies from an accredited program

Responsibilities

Prepares and delivers relevant and current curriculum using a variety of teaching methods and standardized tools that accurately reflect effectiveness of course content including instructional objectives, expected competencies, entrustable professional activities (EPA), content outlines, lecture notes, instructional methods/activities, handouts, and evaluation tools that are distributed to teaching faculty and/or students
Maintains clinical year rotation-specific syllabi including instructional objectives, expected competencies, content outlines, lecture notes, instructional methods and activities, handouts, and evaluation tools that are distributed to teaching faculty and/or students
Recruits, develops, and maintains clinical year rotation and other experiential learning sites and matches students with these sites
Visits clinical sites regularly for student as well as site evaluation to maintain continuing program accreditation
Develops clinical year preceptor enrichment opportunities
Measures student understanding of course content in an objective fashion
Maintains accurate records of student attendance, academic achievement, and performance in accordance with university policies, procedures and accreditation requirements
Distributes to each student, in each course, a university approved syllabus that includes course objectives, texts, attendance policy and materials required for course and evaluation criteria
Posts and maintains regular office hours for student consultation per guidelines set forth in the faculty manual
Refers students to appropriate university resources for information, financial assistance, career development, or other guidance
Monitors and communicates consistently with any student in danger of failure or in need of individual counseling
Assists with updating program handbooks and other programmatic manuals
Participates in student advising and remedial instruction
Attends scheduled faculty meetings, department meetings, faculty orientation, training programs, and committee meetings of which they are members
Serves as a committee member as assigned by the dean, department chair, program director, or elected by the faculty members at large
Participates in student orientation, admissions events, open houses, Family Weekend, competitions, professional conferences, and other events as directed by the department chair or director
Supports extracurricular activities which advance the PA Program and/or PA profession by attendance and/or service as an advisor
Selects applicants for admission to the program
Designs, implements, coordinates, and evaluates curriculum in accordance with accreditation and university requirements
Performs in accordance with university and program policies and procedures including maintaining familiarity with Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant Inc. (ARC-PA) standards
Performs other duties as assigned