Clinical Assistant Professor-AZ- Internal Medicine, AZCOM

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM) is seeking an academic/clinical faculty member. This person will spend 0.4 FTE for the Department of Internal Medicine teaching clinical skills and/or NMM labs, lecturing, assisting with standardized patient testing of students, grading, and participating in clinical clerkship rotation recruitment and rotation site visits. The remaining 0.6 FTE will involve a clinical practice in the Family Medicine and/or Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinic of the Midwestern University (MWU) Multispecialty Clinic, depending in which specialty or specialties the faculty member has board certification.

Teaching

• Participate in curricular planning and review meetings, and faculty retreats.
• Develop, implement, and assess the curriculum as faculty in the pre-clinical courses.
• Teach clinical lectures, including developing the associated learning objectives and examination questions.
• Actively participate in the 4-year teaching program in AZCOM, which may include OMM labs, physical examination and ultrasound workshops, SOAP note grading, OSCE’s, and precepting in the MWU multispecialty clinic for students, Scholars, and residents.
• Assist with training for affiliated and sponsored GME programs.
• Assist in the development of standardized patient cases for examinations, as requested
• Proctor/Score Osteopathic Standardized Patient Examinations, as requested
• Assist in the remediation of students who fail OSCE Examinations and / or require assistance in preparation for COMLEX-USA examinations.
• Assist with rotation preceptor recruitment and site visits as requested/assigned.
• Develop/deliver faculty development and training to preceptors as requested.
• If NMM-certified, teach and mentor OMM Scholars and ONMM Residents, as part of the ONMM didactic series and Applied Master of Osteopathic Education (AMOE) program.

Scholarly Activity

• Actively engage in scholarly activities according to area(s) of expertise, to include osteopathic research, quality improvement projects, invited presentations at state and/or national conferences, publications, poster presentations, peer reviews, and national board question writing.
• Serve as a Project Investigator (PI) for students and residents engaging in scholarly work.

Service

• Mentor students requiring academic assistance and provide career counseling.
• Attend required meetings and serve on committees as assigned, which may include meetings/committees for the University, the Department of AZCOM Clinical Education, the Department of Osteopathic Family & Community Medicine, the ONMM residency, and the MWU Multispecialty Clinic.
• Participate in community relations efforts to extend and enhance the visibility and reputation of the Department, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Midwestern University
• Serve on state, regional, and/or national societies, agencies, bureaus, and committees of the profession and specialty or discipline.
• Provide osteopathic clinical supervision for the community care outreach activities of Health Outreach through Medical Education (HOME), as requested.
• Serve as advisor to student clubs as requested.
• Provide patient care in the Midwestern University Multispecialty Clinic.
• Participate in AZCOM applicant interviews.
• Remain current and board certified in your field of specialty.
• Maintain medical licensure in the state of Arizona.

Requirements

• Arizona state osteopathic medical/medical license with no restrictions
• DEA license
• Board certification or eligibility for AOA or ABMS certification
• Able to obtain malpractice insurance