What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant/Associate Professor position at pcom?
Job Title: Asst./Assoc. Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Department: OMM & OPP
Reports To: Professor and Chair of OMM
Primary Location: Georgia
FLSA: Full-time, Exempt
Position Summary:
The faculty member is expected to teach first and second-year DO students. Additional responsibilities include third and fourth-year OMM sessions, training sessions in OMM for local primary care residents, clinical service in the OMM center with patients, teaching in the OMM center, and mentoring OMM scholars. Year 1 and 2 OMM didactic and lab/hands-on sessions are the primary responsibility, though integration with the PCS/medical skills department will be required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Maintain high professional standards in all aspects of professional service.
- Participate in the education of OMS-1 & OMS-2 students at PCOM Georgia and PCOM South Georgia as indicated by the OMM Chair.
- Contribute to the education of Osteopathic medical students in lecture, laboratory, and clinical settings.
- Supervise and teach OMS-3 & OMS-4 students, as well as Osteopathic primary care residents assigned to the service.
- Assist in the development of an off-site outpatient NMM & OMM specialty clinic.
- Provide service in the current on-site NMM & OMM specialty clinic.
- Assist in the future development of a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine residency.
- Evaluate student and resident progress in the development of appropriate medical knowledge and communicate these evaluations to the student or resident and administrative/faculty members as appropriate.
- Serve in leadership and membership roles in college, faculty, and hospital committees.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the OMM Chair or Campus Dean.
Position Requirements:
Education:
- D.O. degree and Board Eligibility or Board Certification in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine or its equivalent.
Experience:
- Two years of teaching Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in lecture, lab, and small group settings or the equivalent.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
- Maintain active medical licenses and board certification in NMM or other appropriate primary care board certification with its equivalent proficiency in OMM.
