Pathology Faculty

About the role

The Foundational Science Educator, Pathology reports to the Department Chair of Medical Education and works full-time, non-tenure, at the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) in Bentonville, Arkansas. AWSOM is a nonprofit, four-year MD program that integrates the arts, humanities, and whole health principles into traditional medical education.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop Curriculum – oversee the development and integration of all content tied to the pathology and the relevant pathology elements, including the development of clinically relevant narratives and various assessment tools including, but not limited to, NBME-style multiple-choice questions and assessment of student performance in active learning sessions.
• Teach / Instruct / Facilitate - actively engage in student instruction, developing and delivering content using active learning methodologies. Collaborate with faculty colleagues to create, deliver, and pre-record flipped classroom content. Facilitate small and large group active learning; serve as facilitator for small group discussion such as in case-based learning, and other small group sessions.
• Assess / Evaluate - create learning objectives related to respective foundational sciences and map them to the curriculum. Use appropriate metrics and assessment methods to ensure that students meet those objectives. Work collaboratively with faculty and staff for continuous quality improvement of courses, sessions, activities, and assessments.
• Participate in professional development programs to enhance teaching, educational and other skills needed to execute their responsibilities. Actively participate in leadership and group membership within the medical school (e.g., Curriculum Committee, Admissions Committee, etc.).

Qualifications and Requirements

• Doctoral degree (MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD, ScD, MBBS, or equivalent) with specific ACGME residency training in pathology, required.
• Greater than two (2) years of experience in an accredited undergraduate medical education or post graduate level education programs with concentration in pathology or closely related field, required.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in medical education, including curriculum development, formulating and editing assessment tools, and delivery in the field of pathology, required.
• Proficiency in medical pathology, preferred.
• Clinical pathology experience, preferred.
• Experience designing, delivering, and evaluating integrated foundational science courses, preferred.
• Familiarity with an array of educational technologies and active learning methodologies, preferred.
• Experience with different assessment methods, preferred.
• Experience with different adult learning methods (e.g. CBL, PBL, TBL, small-groups, simulation, etc.), preferred.