Medical Education Faculty - Medical Humanities and Health Justice

• Report to the Director of the Center for Medical Humanities and the Director of SSHM.
• Serve as a member of a faculty discipline team and work in collaboration with team members to develop and deliver relevant content for courses in the MD program.
• Contribute to the offerings of the Center for Medical Humanities, including medical humanities teaching, public events, and research.
• Contribute to the medical humanities courses in the school of graduate studies.
• Provide leadership in health justice in the MD program.
• Assist the Director of SSHM with administrative duties.
• Provide instruction/facilitation as part of a multidisciplinary team using our active learning/evidenced-based pedagogy in the MD program.
• Develop or participate in collaborative scholarship in medical/health humanities and/or medical education.
• Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, trainings, workshops, the current literature and professional affiliations regarding trends and practices in medical education.
• Participate in service to the department, institution, and field of interest.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Qualifications:

• PhD in medical/health humanities field (humanities, arts, social sciences) or terminal medical degree (MD, DO) with educational training in medical/health humanities.
• Experience in higher education, with specific experience in one or more of these areas: medical/health humanities, health justice, medical/health education.
• Experience with active learning/flipped classroom/evidence-based pedagogy (e.g., Case Based Learning, Team Based Learning, Problem-Based Learning, simulation).
• Demonstrated ability or potential for developing scholarship in medical/health humanities and/or medical education that comports with academic rank.
• Preferred candidates will have experience in course leadership and/or leading teams of faculty and experience working with community partners.