Assistant Professor in Medical Education

Assistant Professor in Medical Education

LOCATION

JOB Type

Full Time

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs and is responsible for the content of specialty areas of teaching and learning within the program.
• Uses innovative, interactive, and student-centered teaching strategies in the theoretical sessions.
• Provides support for students on practical sessions, fieldwork, or clinical training, as required.
• Adheres to defined course specifications, Learning Outcomes (LOs), teaching and learning strategies, and methods of assessment.
• Reviews and selects textbooks and other instructional materials that facilitate learning.
• Completes teaching and other academic activities as per college regulations.
• Supports and enhances the quality of teaching and learning process at the College to ensure quality assurance standards and procedures are followed.
• Ensures that student feedback on teaching is sought through questionnaires and other methods, and responds constructively to such feedback.
• Prepares the course reports at the end of each course and creates plans for improvement for the next semester.
• Prepares the course portfolios that include documents of teaching, learning, and assessment activities throughout the course.
• Participates in the preparation of the program portfolio that includes major program documents such as program specification, program annual report, and program survey results.
• Cooperates with colleagues in the continuous review and development of the curriculum.
• Participates in the peer review and assessment processes.
• Supervises undergraduate and post-graduate students' research projects and dissertations.
• Supervises students’ assignments and project work.
• Engages students in fair and equal scholarly activities and reports academic misconduct as needed.
• Contributes to the assessment and development of the FCMS strategic plan.
• Contributes to the assessment and development of the program “Operational Plan”.
• Participates in program and institutional committees and working groups.
• Monitors the program plans, including scientific research and community engagement.
• Participates and contributes to the development of institutional plans.
• Contributes to the functions of departments and units within the College.
• Participates in professional and academic development programs.
• Participates in community engagement activities.
• Makes a full active research contribution, both individually and in collaboration with others.
• Participates in scholarly and research activities related to their respective disciplines.
• Attends and presents research findings and papers at national and international conferences and contributes to the reputation of the College.
• Publishes a minimum of two peer-reviewed papers per year in journals with appropriate impact factors, using the available funds to support research within the College.
• Be committed to quality assurance and improvement guided by the Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) (part of the FCMS – Quality Management System).
• Undertakes specific departmental roles and management functions as required by the authorities.
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of responsibility and requirements of the job.

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