Physiology Faculty Member Jobs

The Dell Medical School (DMS) at The University of Texas at Austin seeks a talented individual to join the full-time faculty as a core faculty member overseeing the physiology education of students at DMS. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience.

As part of The University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation’s leading research universities, the Dell Medical School is pursuing innovative strategies to redesign healthcare delivery and create excellence in healthcare research, transdisciplinary programs and interprofessional education. The Dell Medical School has received an extraordinary commitment of resources, both public and private, to ensure its growth and success. The Dell Medical School has formed and continues to pursue partnerships with the community and regional healthcare providers and funders to create new models for health promotion, healthcare delivery, and clinical care for the community’s underserved population. Located in the beautiful central Texas hill country, Austin is a unique city serving as the state capital, attracting a burgeoning tech industry, and hosting the large University of Texas at Austin community. The accelerated, innovative and student-centered curriculum at the DMS can be found on line http://www.utexas.edu/academics/dell-medical-school. Of note, the pre-clerkship education is completed during a single twelve-month period.

As DMS graduates its fourth class of students in May 2023, the one-year, integrated, first-year curriculum has proven to be a successful foundation for the medical education of our students. Student performance on USMLE exams is consistently high while scores were being shared. Our curriculum is integrated across scientific disciplines and is student centered. Our goal to avoid traditional lecture centric didactic experiences. Large group educational experiences are highly interactive and experiential. Problem based learning (PBL) is a significant part of all courses. Combined anatomy, physiology, histology and radiology are part of approximately 50 percent of the first-year curriculum. The bulk of physiology is taught in the fall semester. Based on student feedback and peer review, we make continuous improvements to each iteration of the pre-clerkship curriculum.

This full-time position is located in exciting Austin, Texas. The capital of Texas and the home of the University of Texas at Austin, a campus with approximately 40,000 undergraduates. While full time is preferred, we would consider a part-time faculty member if appropriate.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a course director or co-director for one or more pre-clerkship, organ systems-based courses.
• Employ a variety of teaching formats and modalities for lecture, lab, small groups, and problem-based learning.
• Develop and teach the integrated medical physiology curriculum to undergraduate medical students utilizing interactive and active learning/flipped modalities.
• Respond to evaluation data as needed for continuous quality improvement.
• Prepare instructional plans to reflect current changes in the field of physiology.
• Deliver effective student-centered educational experiences.
• Facilitate PBL experiences.
• Supervise student leadership tracks and serve as track leader to third year medical students.
• Develop scholarly products from your work to disseminate our innovative curriculum.
• Actively participate in relevant professional activities in order to improve teaching and subject matter competence.
• Participate in the interview and selection process of faculty, staff, and students.
• Pursue scholarly works and education research.
• Prepare course material (lectures, PBL cases, laboratory activities, assessments (exams quizzes and clinical cases).
• Develop new instructional materials and teaching techniques with participation in on-going reviews and revision of curriculum planning.
• Develop both formative and summative assessments for physiology and integrated biomedical sciences content.
• Delivery a horizontally and vertically integrated pre-clerkship curriculum with faculty teams.
• Participate in accreditation activities.
• Organize and coordinate didactics and self-directed learning activities by multiple clinicians and basic scientists.
• Participate in other activities as assigned by the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education.
• Contribute to the multidisciplinary taught courses.
• Hold membership on faculty committees as appointed or elected, and confer with advisory groups to modify course content.
• Work collaboratively in the delivery of physiology content with the core faculty team and other key faculty in delivering an integrated curriculum.

• Experience in medical education or health professions education.
• Track record of educational excellence and innovation.
• Eligible for faculty appointment with The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.
• M.D./or Ph.D. in Physiology or related biological science.
• Ability to work individually and collaboratively within a dynamic interdisciplinary environment.

Preferred skills:

• Experience with Canvas or other learning management system.
• Experience with online testing tools such as ExamSoft.
• Experience directing a medical or graduate school educational program.
• Experience directing integrated blocks in first year medical school curricula.