Assistant Clinical Professor, Physician Assistant Program, Department of Medical Sciences

About The Opportunity

About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus. Our locations—in Boston; Arlington, Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; London; Portland, Maine; Oakland; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

The Bouvé College of Health Sciences has over 250 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University’s mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs.

The Department of Medical Sciences is recruiting an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Physician Assistant Program on our Boston campus. The Assistant Clinical Professor is responsible for teaching in the didactic component and oversight of aspects of the clinical component of the Physician Assistant Program, ensuring the high educational and medical quality of the curriculum, program organization and administration, and student education and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Academic counseling of students
• Participate in all aspects of Program administration
• Participate in all aspects of program accreditation activities, including ongoing program review and the continuous self-study process
• Serve on the admissions committee, including applicant selection
• Participate in clinical site development
• Participate in clinical site monitoring, including performing site visits during clinical rotations
• Participate in all aspects of curriculum development, curriculum coordination, and curriculum evaluation
• Participate in program goals, mission statement, and program values review and revision
• Participate in all aspects of program evaluation
• Review and revision of program competencies
• Review and revision of program goals
• Development and implementation of remediation plans for students in the didactic and clinical years, as needed
• Provide continuous development, maintenance, and evaluation of both didactic courses and clinical rotation sites
• Monitor, evaluate, and document student performance to ensure that they successfully achieve the criteria for successful completion of courses
• Coordinate, teach, and instruct courses based on areas of content and clinical expertise
• Advising and mentoring students; participate in all aspects of retention and academic progression
• Facilitate small group discussion sessions; participate in simulation and physical diagnosis and skills labs
• Develop criteria and procedures for didactic and/or clinical courses consistent with ARC-PA Standards
• Perform additional assignments at the direction of the Program Director of the Physician Assistant Program
• Perform additional clinical year responsibilities at the direction of Director of Clinical Education

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in a field related to physician assistant practice or the education of physician assistant students.
• Physician assistants must be currently certified by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Physician candidates must be certified by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) specialty board or by an American Osteopathic Association (AOA) approved specialty board.
• Physician assistant or physician candidates must be licensed or eligible for licensure within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Proven experience in higher education (i.e. faculty, lecturer, preceptor, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal communication, organization, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency with computer technology (i.e. word processing, e-mail, spreadsheets, databases).
• Knowledge of legislative, regulatory, legal, and practice issues affecting clinical education, students, and the physician assistant profession.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to integrate technology into the educational experience.
• Ability of travel to clinical sites.
• At least three (3) years of experience as a practicing clinician.
• Expertise in as many of the following areas as possible: prior administration; resource allocation and assessment planning; program accreditation; technology integration into the educational experience; and online learning.