Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies
About The Position
The MGH Institute of Health Professions (“Institute”) seeks an experienced, full-time faculty member to serve within its School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Department of PA Studies. The appointment is a role available at all ranks, based on the candidate’s education, experience, and record of accomplishment. Opportunities exist for an academic leadership role within the PA program, if desirable. The Institute is part of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the only degree-granting affiliate of the Mass General Brigham. The Institute encompasses one additional school—the School of Nursing—with numerous opportunities and programs to support interprofessional education and practice. The Mass General Brigham health system is home to the oldest, most established Harvard Teaching Hospitals and is the largest hospital-funded research enterprise in the United States with over $2 billion in annual research activities. The health system employs over 80,000 people across its broad range of academic medical centers, specialty and community hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, and more. The system provides world-class, state of the art clinical training and career opportunities for the PA program’s trainees and graduates. The faculty member should bring experience in PA education, curriculum design and evaluation, and scholarly pursuits. The primary duties and responsibilities include teaching, student advisement, institutional and professional service, and scholarship. As a faculty within the PA program, the faculty member will actively participate in defining and periodically updating the program’s mission, goals, learning outcomes and graduate competencies; selecting applicants for admission; providing student instruction and mentorship; conducting assessments and evaluations of student performance; serving as a role model to student, modeling integrity, reflection, critical thinking, inclusion, collaboration, and empathy; offering academic counseling and advisement to students; designing and delivering remedial instruction; developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating the PA program, including its admissions processes, curriculum, and program effectiveness; and peer mentorship.
Requirements
- Earned terminal academic degree for the discipline (e.g., master’s degree for PA)
- Minimum 2 years experience in PA education/medical education (5 years preferred)
- Licensed or license-eligible in Massachusetts
- If a PA, current NCCPA certification; If a physician, current board certification
- Minimum 4 years of clinical practice experience
- Established record of service and scholarship in the health professions
- Knowledge and experience in PA/medical education.
- Knowledge of the PA profession and current PA practice.
- Demonstrate competency as an effective, reflective teacher and advisor.
- Record of service to their discipline and/or higher education.
- Proficiency in educational technologies relevant to graduate health professions education.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of an interprofessional collaborative team.
- Ability to interact effectively and ethically (including setting appropriate boundaries) with students, faculty, staff, preceptors, and administrators.
- Ability to produce and disseminate scholarly works.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.
Nice To Haves
- An earned doctorate relevant to higher education or healthcare (e.g., PhD, EdD, DrPH, DHSc, etc.) is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Teaching
- Student advisement
- Institutional and professional service
- Scholarship
- Actively participate in defining and periodically updating the program’s mission, goals, learning outcomes and graduate competencies
- Selecting applicants for admission
- Providing student instruction and mentorship
- Conducting assessments and evaluations of student performance
- Serving as a role model to student, modeling integrity, reflection, critical thinking, inclusion, collaboration, and empathy
- Offering academic counseling and advisement to students
- Designing and delivering remedial instruction
- Developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating the PA program, including its admissions processes, curriculum, and program effectiveness
- Peer mentorship
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
