WWAMI Adjunct Faculty

The WWAMI School of Medical Education is currently hiring adjunct faculty positions.

WWAMI is a cooperative arrangement between UAA, the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM), and other 4 states in the WWAMI consortium (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho);
Alaskans are accepted into the program and receive their Foundation phase of medical school at UAA.

As an adjunct faculty member you will serve as a Foundations guide and work closely with UWSOM and UAA faculty at the WWAMI site in Anchorage. This will involve working closely with Block leaders in the UW School of Medicine and the UAA WWAMI program, teaching in one or more of the blocks in the 18-month Foundations Phase Curriculum, preparing for classes, facilitating student learning, reviewing assignments, following up with students, serving as a resource for medical students, and if specifically assigned additional responsibilities may include student remediation, submitting evaluations in a timely fashion, participating in faculty meetings and committee work of the WWAMI curriculum, interprofessional education and service-learning activities.

The physician must meet the requirements for appointment to the faculty at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

• Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree and board certification in an American Board of Medical Specialties recognized medical specialty.
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical practice experience in a relevant field.
• Preferred: five years of clinical practice and teaching, preferably with experience in the Anchorage medical community.
• Preferred: past experience teaching with medical students, prior experience and involvement with the WWAMI program, and education, training and experience in a primary care field of medicine.

• Location:
  
  University of Alaska Anchorage campus, Anchorage, Alaska.
• Employment type:
  
  part-time, for credit, adjunct faculty.
• Salary: variable.
• Appointment: semester‑by‑semester; hiring decisions made each semester.
• At‑will, union represented adjunct position; may be canceled based on university needs.
• Represented by United Academic – Adjuncts, AAUP‑AFL‑CIO.

• Cover letter.
• Detailed curriculum vitae.
• Copy of unofficial transcripts.

Upon hire, candidates must provide official transcripts to the department.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

Contact:
Carmen Mason, cfmason.

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