Assistant/Associate Professor of Physiology

About the role

Kansas City University seeks an Assistant/ Associate Professor as full-time biomedical sciences faculty to teach physiology for the Joplin campus programs, including the College of Dental Medicine and the new Master of Health Science in Anesthesiologist Assistant program in the College of Health Professions. The incumbent will be responsible for contributing to the development of the biomedical sciences teaching and implementing it through interactive pedagogy designed for the adult learner. The Colleges’ educational program integrates topics of foundational biological sciences with systems-based, clinically-focused case studies.

Responsibilities

• Candidates must demonstrate a passion for the application of basic and biomedical sciences that are foundational to patient care.
• Candidates should have a strong desire to teach and conduct research in the discipline of physiology.
• The Assistant/ Associate Professor – Foundational Sciences will be responsible for, but not limited to the following:
  • Develop, implement, deliver and evaluate instructional content throughout multiple courses by using traditional and interactive teaching methods such as Case Based Learning (CBL)
  • Actively use of software systems