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Sam Houston State University

Assistant/Associate Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Medicine; Director of

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, us, 77344

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Overview Serves the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (SHSU-COM) in the Department of Primary Care and Clinical Medicine. The University is seeking qualified candidates to join SHSU-COM as full-time Clinical Faculty. The position reports to the Chair of Primary Care and Clinical Medicine. The University is focused on improving the physician workforce in primary care and other specialties identified as a physician shortage in the State of Texas and has developed an integrated curriculum merging basic science instruction with clinical learning and an osteopathic emphasis.

Responsibilities

Develop opportunities for community outreach for medical students, which may include health fairs, clinical opportunities (such as pop-up clinics, mobile clinics, free clinics, etc.), fun runs, vaccination events, food drives, etc. The individual will assist in the organization of these events and provide clinical supervision when required.

Lead efforts to work with other SHSU colleges to establish interprofessional education opportunities in collaboration with the SHSU-COM Curricular Administrative Team.

Assist the Chair of Primary Care and Clinical Medicine in development of clinical content for systems courses and clerkships where needed.

Participate in scholarship and research in the department, provide quality patient care and foster collaboration and interdisciplinary learning.

Be expected to participate in teaching in the systems courses, physical exam course, case-based learning sessions, clinical clerkships, procedural skills training, OSCEs and (where appropriate) Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine hands-on training.

Individuals should be comfortable working in preclinical and clinical education, as well as evaluation of curriculum and students through various learning and assessment methods.

Clinical Practice Where appropriate, the members of the department will provide patient care in the SHSU faculty practice in the SHSU Physicians clinic. However, there may be opportunities for members of the clinical faculty to be granted part-time contracts with SHSU in order to provide patient care with external clinical practices. Further, in some cases, consideration for full or part-time faculty contracts may be considered for clinicians who are no longer practicing medicine.

Location Please note this position is located in Conroe at the College of Osteopathic Medicine facility.

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