Faculty, Bioethics and Professionalism

Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) is seeking a highly qualified educator with broad training and demonstrated experience or enthusiasm for teaching in a medical school curriculum. This position is a tenure track, 12-month appointment on the Macon, Georgia campus. Additional duties will be required/assigned during the summer. The departmental assignment will be based on degree type and experience.

Responsibilities

Teach in the medical school curriculum on all three campuses, both virtually and physically; Work closely with the Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities and other department faculty to create an integrated ethics and humanities curriculum in the pre-clinical and clerkship years; Engage in pedagogical modes including Team Based Learning and Problem Based Learning; Participate in special programs such as faculty development in ethics education, teaching and grand rounds in affiliated medical centers; Sponsor student projects and research in bioethics and the medical humanities; Participate in faculty committees; Take responsibilities for the four-year certificate program in bioethics and medical humanities; Participate broadly across medical and graduate programs; Engage in scholarship in Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Perform interdisciplinary work with the law school, nursing school, pharmacy school and school of theology; Additional duties during the summer as assigned

Requirements

Hold a terminal degree (PhD, JD, DBe, MD, DO or Equivalent) from an accredited college/university in an appropriate discipline; Demonstrated Training in Ethics Consultation; A Commitment to the Mission of Mercer University School of Medicine; Excellent Writing and Communication Skills; Research and Teaching in the Medical Humanities

Nice to have

Experience in the Care of the Rural and Underserved; A Record of Scholarship and Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education; Certification as a Clinical Ethics Consultant (HEC-C); Experience independently developing learning resources and facilitating large group interactive learning sessions; Experience developing items for assessment of student learning; Experience as a tutor/facilitator of small group interdisciplinary case-based learning sessions in a clinically oriented medical curriculum

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance (for self and dependents); Generous retirement contributions; Tuition waivers; Paid vacation and sick leave; Technology discounts; Schedules that allow for work-life balance