Clinician Educator

Full-time, tenure-track faculty position in the College of Medicine, Department of Foundational and Clinical Sciences. The Clinician Educator will contribute to the academic mission through teaching, scholarship, clinical expertise, and service within an innovative, integrated medical curriculum grounded in whole-person care.

Responsibilities

Teaching and Curriculum Development

• Deliver engaging, evidence-based clinical instruction through lectures, small-group sessions, case-based learning, clinical skills activities, simulation, and other instructional formats.
• Develop, revise, and maintain learning objectives, instructional materials, clinical cases, and assessments aligned with course and program outcomes and accreditation standards.
• Integrate clinical concepts across organ-system and interdisciplinary courses and connect foundational biomedical science principles with clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and patient care.
• Collaborate with foundational science and clinical faculty to promote horizontal and vertical integration throughout the medical curriculum.
• Utilize innovative and evidence-based teaching strategies, including active learning, case-based learning, simulation, and technology-enhanced instruction.
• Participate in the development and continuous improvement of courses, assessments, clinical cases, and curricular content.
• Contribute to clinical skills education and other clinical learning experiences consistent with the candidate’s expertise and assigned responsibilities.
• Mentor and advise medical students in their academic, professional, clinical, and scholarly development.

Scholarship and Research

• Maintain an active program of scholarship appropriate to the candidate’s expertise and academic interests, which may include clinical, translational, quality improvement, biomedical, or medical education research.
• Disseminate scholarly work through peer-reviewed publications, presentations, educational products, or other appropriate scholarly venues.
• Pursue internal and external funding opportunities, when appropriate, to support research, educational innovation, quality improvement, or collaborative scholarly initiatives.
• Mentor and supervise medical students participating in research and scholarly activities.
• Develop interdisciplinary collaborations within the College of Medicine, Belmont University, affiliated clinical partners, and the broader academic and healthcare community.
• Remain current with advances in clinical practice, medical education, and areas of professional expertise and incorporate relevant developments into teaching and scholarship.

Service and Leadership

• Participate in departmental, College, and University committees and contribute to shared governance and strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to accreditation activities, program evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
• Engage in professional service through relevant clinical, scientific, educational, or professional organizations.
• Contribute to curriculum innovation, program development, and other initiatives supporting the educational mission of the College.
• Participate in clinical activities, when appropriate to the faculty member’s appointment, expertise, and departmental responsibilities.
• Support a collegial academic environment characterized by collaboration, professionalism, respect, and commitment to the mission and values of Belmont University and the College of Medicine.

Appointment and Evaluation

This is a full-time, 12-month, tenure-eligible faculty appointment in the Department of Foundational and Clinical Sciences. Faculty rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Tenure-track faculty are evaluated on performance in teaching, scholarship, and service consistent with the Belmont University Faculty Handbook and College of Medicine criteria for academic advancement.

About the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine

The Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, is committed to educating physicians who embrace whole-person care, compassionate service, and lifelong learning. Founded on Belmont University’s Christ-centered mission, the College seeks faculty who value collaboration, academic excellence, service, innovation, and the formation of physicians prepared to care for patients and communities with knowledge, compassion, and integrity.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated clinical expertise relevant to undergraduate medical education.
• Evidence of effective teaching or demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching medical students, residents, fellows, or other health professions learners.
• Ability to integrate clinical medicine with foundational biomedical sciences and apply foundational knowledge to clinical reasoning and patient care.
• Commitment to innovative, learner-centered pedagogy and interdisciplinary integration of foundational and clinical sciences.
• Commitment to scholarship and the mentorship of medical students in scholarly activities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary academic environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching within a medical school or other health professions education program.
• Experience in an integrated, organ-system-based, or case-based medical curriculum.
• Experience teaching clinical reasoning, clinical skills, physical diagnosis, simulation, or case-based learning.
• Ability to contribute meaningfully to instruction across multiple areas of the medical curriculum.
• Record of scholarly productivity, including peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, clinical or educational research, quality improvement, educational innovation, or other forms of scholarly activity.
• Experience mentoring medical students in clinical, translational, quality improvement, or medical education scholarship.
• Familiarity with active-learning methodologies, simulation, educational technologies, and contemporary approaches to medical education.
• Experience with curriculum design, assessment, program evaluation, and accreditation processes, particularly within an LCME-accredited medical education program.
• Experience in leadership within medical education, clinical practice, or academic medicine.

Required Education

MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree from an accredited institution.

Required Experience and Credentials

• Board certification or board eligibility in a medical specialty or subspecialty relevant to the educational mission of the College.
• Eligibility for medical licensure in the State of Tennessee, when clinical practice is included as part of the faculty member’s responsibilities.
• Successful completion of a background check satisfactory to the University.