"Teaching Fellow in Anatomy"

Background

The University of Birmingham is offering the role of Teaching Fellow(s) in Anatomy to work as member(s) of the team who deliver anatomy teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the College of Medicine and Health, the University at large, and occasionally to external clients, under the guidance of academic staff with ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of our programmes.

The main focus of the role(s) is to provide anatomical and/or clinical input to the teaching of anatomy across all our programmes, as well as the development and maintenance of teaching materials and assessments for use in Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physician Associate and Biomedical Sciences and other degree programmes. The post holder(s) may also take delegated responsibility for anatomy provision in individual modules and/or programmes. Histology is a key element of this role.

The post holder(s) will also be expected to engage in continuing professional development, to contribute to academic scholarship activities in anatomical or medical education research, and to develop and/or undertake citizenship activities (e.g. outreach, public engagement, committees, recruitment).

Role Summary

The Human Anatomy Unit in the Department of Biomedical Sciences is responsible for teaching topographical anatomy, histology, embryology and neuroanatomy to students in most programmes of the College and beyond. The main role of a Teaching Fellow is to undertake and support all areas of learning and teaching provision as part of the anatomy teaching team. The post is designed to be a career development post, so opportunities for personal development are available, including taking delegated responsibility for components of anatomy provision and assessment and taking opportunities to introduce innovation where appropriate. The post holder will provide innovative, engaging sessions for a wide variety of students in several different learning environments (e.g. prosection sessions, small group teaching, interactive lectures, flipped classroom sessions, dissection, Anatomage, ultrasound). They will also be involved in all other aspects of learning and teaching, which may include, for example, setting and marking of assessments and examinations; creating, updating and refreshing learning materials; creating anatomical prosections; being involved in curriculum development; and pastoral student support. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to scholarship and citizenship activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Education/Training

• Medical or dental degree and/or degree in anatomy (or related subject)
• Postgraduate qualification in anatomy (or related subject)
• MSc (essential) or PhD (desirable) in a relevant discipline
• Education qualification e.g. postgraduate certificate/diploma in higher education (or willingness to work towards)
• Membership of Anatomical Society, British Association of Clinical Anatomists, or equivalent learned society

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Tracey Wilkinson, email: a.t.wilkinson@bham.ac.uk

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