Associate Professor Clinical Practice - Family Medicine

Associate Professor Clinical Practice - Family Medicine

Galveston, Texas, United States

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UTMB Health

Requisition # 2504775

The University Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and the Department of Family Medicine is seeking candidates for a distinguished and visionary leader with a record of accomplishment in education to serve as the Vice Chair, Education and Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program. The Vice Chair serves as a leader in advancing the education mission of the Department, with particular focus on resident education, enhancing the pipeline of family medicine physicians for the state of Texas and beyond.

This leadership role is crucial within the Department of Family Medicine, which has a long-standing history of educating future health professionals while advancing research and clinical services.

The successful candidate will be responsible for setting and guiding the education agenda for the Department, leading various education initiatives, and mentoring faculty and resident physicians. The Vice Chair, Education and Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program will have academic credentials for an appointment as an Associate Professor or Full Professor and will report to the Department Chair, Kendall Campbell, MD (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

The Vice Chair will serve as part of the departmental leadership team along with the Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs and Vice Chair, Research.

The new Vice Chair, Education and Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program will provide leadership for the Department of Family Medicine education mission. The successful candidate will be responsible for setting the education agenda for the department and will lead, mentor and assist Family Medicine faculty and resident physicians in developing education projects, organizing and operationalizing data and publishing findings in peer reviewed manuscripts.

Specially, as Vice Chair for Education the candidate will be responsible for broad oversight of departmental pathway programming, family medicine focused undergraduate medical education and faculty development for the department. As residency program director, the successful candidate will work with UTMB, departmental leadership, residency leadership and core faculty to oversee all education related resident physician activity to include developing a residency curriculum, and planning for resident research, presentations and peer review publications.

In this role the candidate will be responsible for working closely with the graduate medical education office and follow ACGME guidelines for family medicine resident education.

The Vice Chair, Education and Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program will collaborate with leaders within, and external to, the department of family medicine to drive faculty curiosity and create an educational culture that is strategic and innovative. The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to build collaborative educational relationships with a diverse group of academic, health system, and community partners.

Educational experience or expertise in the areas of health related social needs, populations with limited access to care, behavioral health, diabetes, obesity, or hypertension would be ideal.

• Provide broad oversight of departmental pathway programming, undergraduate medical education and faculty development for the department

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and oversight for the Family Medicine Residency Program in compliance with ACGME requirements and institutional policies.

• Develop, implement, and continuously evaluate the residency curriculum to ensure high-quality resident education and training.

• Recruit, select, and mentor residents in accordance with ACGME, institutional and national standards.

• Supervise and support faculty development to ensure effective teaching, clinical…