Department Chair Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Summary

The Chair of Osteopathic Principles and Practice/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OPP/OMM) provides academic, administrative, clinical, and scholarly leadership for the Department of OPP/OMM at the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine. The Chair serves as the principal faculty leader responsible for the development, delivery, integration, assessment, and continuous quality improvement of osteopathic principles and practice throughout all four years of the curriculum.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Osteopathic Curricular Leadership

• Serve as the principal faculty leader responsible for the development, implementation, oversight, integration, assessment, and continuous quality improvement of the OPP/OMM curriculum across all four years.
• Ensure the curriculum includes instruction in osteopathic principles and practice, including both observational and supervised hands-on application of osteopathic manipulative medicine.

Departmental Administration and Faculty Oversight

• Provide administrative leadership and operational oversight for the Department of OPP/OMM.
• Recruit, supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate departmental faculty and staff.

Teaching and Student Development

• Teach osteopathic principles, osteopathic manipulative medicine, clinical reasoning, and related clinical skills in classroom, laboratory, simulation, small-group, and clinical settings.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Participate in clinical activities that support the osteopathic educational mission of the institution.

Scholarly Activity and Research

• Support and participate in scholarly activity related to osteopathic medicine, medical education, clinical outcomes, or related disciplines.

Clinical and Graduate Medical Education Collaboration

• Collaborate with affiliated residency programs and clinical partners to support osteopathic education and osteopathic recognition initiatives.