"Assistant Professor, Pre-Clinical- IL- College of Dental Medicine"

The Assistant Professor Preclinical Faculty must have earned a DDS/DMD degree or equivalent. A minimum of 3 years of experience in a general dental clinical practice is preferred. The completion of a post-doctoral General Dentist Residency or training is preferred. The candidate should have strong clinical expertise in the use of CAD/CAM technologies. It is preferred that the Preclinical Faculty have some minimal level of teaching experience at an academic health center. This individual should be a person committed to educating and empowering students with a wide range of clinical and academic abilities.

Reporting to the Associate Dean for Preclinical Education, the Assistant Professor Preclinical Faculty will:

• Work directly with students in the simulation clinic, supervising the development of hand skills in all areas of general dentistry
• Interact positively with students, treating all students as future colleagues.
• Be competent in teaching and demonstrating all areas of general dentistry.
• Be a positive role model for students in professionalism.
• Be an example of an active life-long learner in dentistry, through learning new techniques, materials and treatment protocols as needed by the college.
• Being open to technology and learning new delivery systems to mentor students.
• Adopt different teaching techniques and styles to meet the needs of individual students.
• Be willing to serve on committees within the college and/or university.
• Interact professionally with all faculty and staff, treating all faculty and staff with respect and collegiality.
• Be expected to take courses in education as needed, which should include skills of delivering lectures, as well as skills in developing examinations.
• Be willing to develop and deliver lectures on topics or disciplines as requested by the Associate Dean for Preclinical Education.
• Be a course director as requested by the Associate Dean for Preclinical Education.
• Evaluate students in a timely manner (daily, quarterly or weekly) as required by the college.
• Meet with the Associate Dean for Preclinical Education for performance reviews.
• Be competent in the use of the college’s patient digital record keeping system, being able to demonstrate in the simulation clinic use of the Electronic Health Record.
• Work professionally with specialists as needed, role modeling to students the ideal of a positive working relationship of a general dentist with dental specialists.
• Be a positive influence on the MWU CDMI program.
• Be willing to mentor students in small groups on projects or special needs, as requested by the college.
• Be willing to work as a member of a team of faculty, accepting calibration of college protocols as necessary in the college teaching environment.
• Assume other responsibilities as needed, at the request of the Associate Dean for Preclinical Education.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The Preclinical Faculty position involves being in the dental simulation clinic when students are in session and walking between the students without disturbing them. The Preclinical Faculty is expected to actively circulate through the assigned bench during operating hours to evaluate, provide feedback, and grade procedures performed by students.
• Inherent to this Preclinical Faculty Assistant Professor position is the ability of the faculty to work chairside to evaluate procedures that are being performed by students.
• Inherent to this Preclinical Faculty Assistant Professor position is the ability of the Faculty to sit or stand chairside and demonstrate procedures for students on a simulator at the dental simulation clinic.
• Inherent to this Preclinical Faculty Assistant Professor position is the ability of the Faculty to communicate, listen and follow along to any communications occurring during students’ learning.
• The Preclinical Faculty must be capable of tolerating the lights and noises associated with the dental simulation clinic.
• The Preclinical Faculty must be capable of lifting and /or moving up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required for Preclinical Faculty include close and distance vision, including looking at a computer monitor for extended periods of time.

Qualified and interested applicants should apply online at www.midwestern.edu. Please submit a curriculum vita and the names of three professional references. Additional inquiries may be directed to:

Kaveh Adel, D.D.S.
Associate Dean of Preclinical Education
Midwestern University Illinois
kadel@midwestern.edu