Program Director, Director of Community Engagement & Interprofessional Education; Assistant​/Ass

Overview

Program Director, Director of Community Engagement & Interprofessional Education;
Assistant/Associate Professor at Sam Houston State University SHU Physicians. Conroe, TX.

to Apply (Only applications submitted through the SHSU website will be considered)

The Clinical Faculty member serves the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (SHSU-COM) in the Department of Primary Care and Clinical Medicine. The University seeks qualified candidates to join SHSU-COM as full-time Clinical Faculty. The position reports to the Chair of Primary Care and Clinical Medicine. The University is focused on improving the physician workforce in primary care and other specialties identified as physician shortages in Texas, and has developed an integrated curriculum merging basic science instruction with clinical learning and an osteopathic emphasis.

The Clinical Faculty is charged with developing opportunities for community outreach for medical students, including health fairs, clinical opportunities (such as pop-up clinics, mobile clinics, free clinics, etc.), fun runs, vaccination events, food drives, and more. The individual will assist in organizing these events and provide clinical supervision when required. This faculty member will also lead efforts to work with SHSU colleges to establish interprofessional education opportunities in collaboration with the SHSU-COM Curricular Administrative Team.

The clinical faculty members will assist the Chair in the development of clinical content for systems courses and clerkships where needed, participate in scholarship and research in the department, provide quality patient care, and foster collaboration and interdisciplinary learning. Members will be expected to teach in the systems courses, physical exam course, case-based learning sessions, clinical clerkships, procedural skills training, OSCEs and (where appropriate) Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine hands-on training.

Individuals should be comfortable working in preclinical and clinical education, as well as evaluating curriculum and students through various learning and assessment methods.

Where appropriate, faculty may provide patient care in the SHSU faculty practice in the SHSU Physicians clinic. There may be opportunities for part-time contracts with SHSU to provide patient care with external clinical practices. In some cases, consideration for full- or part-time faculty contracts may be given to clinicians who are no longer practicing medicine.

Please note this position is located in Conroe at the College of Osteopathic Medicine facility.

The successful candidate will have a DO or MD degree from a College of Osteopathic or Allopathic Medicine, with successful completion of residency training, current AOA or ABMS board certification or board eligibility, and a current unrestricted license to practice in Texas (or eligibility to obtain a medical license in Texas).

Preference will be given to primary care physicians with training and experience in osteopathic manipulative medicine; however physicians with any degree or specialty will be considered. If a successful candidate does not possess an active license to practice medicine in Texas, the position will commence once an unrestricted license to practice medicine in Texas is obtained.

This position requires clinical skills and well-developed communication skills. A background in medical education is preferred, as is experience in pre-clinical and clinical teaching. Those able to teach osteopathic manipulative medicine are preferred but not required. Academic rank and salary will be commensurate with experience and training.

Ability to communicate and work with faculty, medical students, clerkship coordinators, hospital administrators, physician preceptors and college administration. Excellent written and verbal communication. Ability to utilize technology at a high level including Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. Must be able to utilize video conferencing technology such as Zoom or Teams. Demonstrates personal initiative and the ability to…