Medical Educator (40 hours/week)

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Summary

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY: The individual in this position will improve quality of medical education at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency and Fellowships by working to develop, implement and maintain innovative methods for graduate medical education and faculty development. This person will apply education and evaluation expertise to initiatives and curriculum in the department, develop resident and faculty skills in evaluation, curriculum development and scholarly activity.

HOURS: This is a primarily daytime M - F role with occasional evening/weekend special event attendance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Graduate Medical Education
  • Collaborate with faculty on curriculum development and revision for residents and fellows to be in complance with ACGME and ABFM requirements.
  • In collaboration with advisors and residency leadership, develop and implement of Individualized Learning Plans for  Family Medicine Residents
  • Lead  Evaluation and Feedback for Residents and Fellows
  • Assist in Programatic Review
  • Actively Participate in Clinical Competence Committee
  • Support residents in their role as educators
  • Support Scholarly Activity of residents
• Faculty Development
  • With Family Medicine Faculty, design faculty development activities for the residency including workshops and retreats
  • Assist faculty in curriculum development, adminstration and evaluation
  • Assist faculty in evaluation and assement of learners
  • Assist Program Leadership in adminstration and assessment to maintain compliance with ACGME, AOA, ABFM and other regulatory requirements for Family Medicine Residency and Fellowships.
• Scholarship
  • Collaborate with residents, fellows and faculty in developing educational scholarly activities and projects.
  • Support generation of grant applications to support educational programs
  • Participate in implementation of scholarly activities and grants.

• Actively participate in department and health system committees and meetings including but not limited to:
  • Weekly Faculty Meetings
  • Education Committee
  • Clinical Compentance Committee
  • Program Evaluation Committee
  • Graduate Medical Education Committee

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:  

• Other duties as assigned.
• May maintain a limited clinical practice in discipline of clinical training

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JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters Degree in Education or Medical Education or equivalent
• Professional experience with teaching, curriculum development, evaluation or faculty development
• Demonstration of scholarly activity
• Demonstration of proficiency with emerging technology, techniques and strategies
• Demonstration of working in dynamic, innovative and rapidly changing environments
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctorate degree in Education or equivalent
• 3 or more years of professional experience in teaching, curriulum development and evaluation
• Prior graduate medical education experience

COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS

Attention/Concentration: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others.  

• The position requires strong concentration skills.  The individual must have the ability to voluntarily sustain concentration to a task over an extended period of time as a result of an effortful and usually deliberate heightened and focused state of attention.

New Learning and Memory: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material.   

• The position requires that an individual be able to learn new tasks quickly and effectively.  Job requirements change frequently.  The ability to understand and carry out detailed, involved instructions is mandatory.

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Creative Thinking: The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think (in order to solve a problem) by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought

• The position requires much autonomy of thought and problem solving.  The individual must be able to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems.  The individual must be able to think abstractly, which is manifested in the ability to form concepts, use categories, generalize from single instances, apply procedural rules and general principles, and be aware of subtle or intrinsic aspects of a problem.  The development of hypothesis and potential solutions to problems involves careful interpretation, analysis and diagnosis.  The individual must be able to collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.  The individual must be able to think creatively with a degree of inventiveness, experimentation and intuition.  They must be able to deal with a variety of concrete and abstract variables.

APTITUDES:  The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations.  These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act.  

Leadership, control and planning: Ability to accept responsibility for leadership, direction, control, planning, negotiating, organizing, directing, supervising, formulating practices, or making final decisions.

Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.

Communication:  Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.

Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.

EQUIPMENT USAGE REQUIREMENTS

Equipment/Tools: Computer, Phone, Copier, Printer, Fax, Office Supplies.

Software: Microsoft Office Products, Propitary Medical Education Software and Web-based Evaluation tools

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Rarely 0-10%; Occasionally 11-35%; Frequently 36-70%; Continuously 71-100%

Body Position/Movement:

• Sit: frequently
• Stand: frequently
• Walk: frequently
• Bend: rarely
• Push: rarely
• Pull: rarely
• Kneel/Squat: rarely
• Reach: rarely
• Twist: rarely
• Balance: rarely
• Climb: rarely

Lifting: Degree of physical exertion is:

Light, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Sensory Abilities specifically required:  

• Vision
• Hearing
• Touch/Feeling

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

WORKING CONDITIONS:   

Exposure to hazardous conditions/ materials is negligible.

                                   

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job.  It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards.  The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute.  The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole.  Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

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LGH Full Time Posted on 10/21/2024