Associate Professor, Clinician Educator

About the role

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Associate Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track.

Responsibilities

Teaching responsibilities

• Bedside clinical teaching of emergency medicine residents and students
• Lectures
• Journal clubs
• Case conferences
• Simulation teaching
• Small group discussions
• Other teaching activities

Enthusiasm and dedication to educating residents and students is highly valued in the department.

Clinical responsibilities

• Providing outstanding clinical care to emergency department patients at one or more of the four city hospitals: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), HUP at 54th and Cedar, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Pennsylvania Hospital
• Patients seen in the EDs include high‑acuity, complex patients as well as those with less acute illnesses and injuries
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is a Level 1 Trauma Center

Research or scholarship responsibilities

• Establishing a scholarly program with a focus in one or more of the following areas: critical care, clinical patient‑oriented research, health systems research, medical education, ultrasound, toxicology, emergency medicine services, administrative leadership, global health, resuscitation, laboratory‑based basic mechanisms of illness, and other EM‑related sub‑specialties
• The effort scheduled for this research is offset by the establishment of independent funding support
• Promotion on the clinician educator track requires significant scholarly productivity

Requirements

• M.D. degree
• ABEM certification or eligibility for such certification
• Enthusiasm and dedication to educating residents and students