Title: Assistant Professor
Position Number: 0088679T
Hiring Unit: UH, School of Medicine, Area Health Education Center
Location: School of Medicine, Kaka’ako Campus
Date Posted: April 12, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment with First Review on April 27, 2023
Salary Information: Commensurate with education and experience.
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Non Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time-Full - Time Equivalency: 50%

Temporary/Permanent: Temporary - Not to Exceed: June 30, 2023

Other Conditions: On federal funds, 50% FTE, annually renewable depending on performance and/or funding, to begin approximately May 2023, subject to position clearance and availability of funds.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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  Teach up to 25 first year medical students a year performing AHEC sponsored Community Health coursework.
• Teach up to 20 AHEC sponsored Community Health Worker or Social Work students.
• Serve as liaison the HawaiiUTelehealth.org telehealth program, staff and students.
  • Maintain Correspondence with HawaiiUTelehealth.org providers.
  • Recruit new HawaiiUTelehealth.org providers, users, and patients as needed.
  • Recruit new preceptors for medical students.
  • Create and disseminate promotional materials on HawaiiUTelehealth.org.
  • Oversee the HawaiiUTelehealth.org request for proposals and onboarding process for providers.
  • Review monthly statistics and invoices for accuracy.
  • Collect telehealth utilization data output and outcome data.
  • Prepare regular progress reports for different grant agencies.
  • Promote HawaiiUTelehealth.org program throughout rural Hawaii.
  • Write grants for additional funding, including reaching US Pacific jurisdictions.
  • Create collaborations for program expansion.
  • Organize and provide computer/telehealth trainings of providers, staff and patients across Hawaii and Pacific.
  • Provide primary care to patients as needed via telehealth and with our partners (i.e.HOME clinic) set up collaborative telehealth opportunities.
• Serve as liaison between AHEC and community health programs as well as other community programs to recruit more educational opportunities for students.
• Teach interprofessional student and resident rural rotations for up to 50 students a year to include the Rural Health Training Initiative, and other student or resident rural and underserved clinical experiences.
• Facilitate weekly clinical case reports and community project reports for interprofessional student and resident experiences.
• Teach up to 60 health professions students in the AHEC Scholars program in interprofessional clinical and didactic experiences.
• Publish findings of research studies including those related to AHEC activities.
• Conduct medical student training, research, and recruitment at AHEC as opportunities arise and participate in publishing articles related to AHEC research and programming.
• Present findings at local, national, and international conferences.
• Write grants to further support AHEC operations including, but not limited to those listed above.
• Assist with leadership of other AHEC grant funded programs not already listed above.
• Mentor and recruit physicians for Hawaii State Loan Repayment recipients.
• Serve on JABSOM and/or University committees.
• Conduct scholarly work in medical education, recruitment and retention which may include research or curriculum descriptions and the scholarly work should be published and/or presented at peer-reviewed forums.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• M.D. or D.O. degree from a medical school of recognized standing.
• Evidence of effective teaching.
• Experience using teaching methods such as problem-based learning, team-based learning, project-based learning, or another method that emphasizes active, self-directed learning.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated potential for research/scholarship/grant writing.
• Familiarity working with and mentoring students.
• Ability to travel independently in a timely and efficient manner to various locations within the State of Hawaii and out-of-state.

Desirable Qualification:

• Two (2) years of experience in medical student education in the clinical and/or classroom setting (may include resident teaching experience).
• Two (2) years of experience in telehealth delivery.
• Knowledge of Pacific cultures, languages and healthcare needs.
• Experience teaching in and/or coordinating a medical school clinical clerkship.
• Demonstrated ability to work and teach collaboratively with other faculty within and across disciplines.
• Comfortable working in a multi-cultural setting.
• Familiarity and experience teaching in a problem-based learning curriculum.

To Apply:

Click on the "Apply: button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach all of the required documents listed below:

• Cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications
• CV
• Names and contact information of five (5) professional references
• Official transcripts (or original documentation from the institution confirming degree or copy of U.S. board certification or U.S. medical license). Copies of transcripts are accepted when used in lieu of current U.S. board certification or current U.S. medical license, however, if used for verification, original transcripts are required upon hire.

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