Position Title: Core faculty with clinical year focus

Reports to: Program Director

Rank: Assistant Professor

Core faculty are instrumental in the day-to-day functioning of the Physician Assistant Program and the education of its students. The faculty work closely with the Program Director to balance the needs of the program. This position will also work with the Director of Didactic to ensure academic needs are met, as well as the Director of Clinical Education to ensure adequate clinical year support.

This is a non-tenured track faculty position with salary and rank commensurate with qualifications.

Faculty responsibilities: The faculty member will teach key courses as necessary which will include:

• Provide clinical team support as directed by the Director of Clinical Education to include but not limited to: site visits, site development, site evaluation, monitoring clinical year student progress, assigning elective rotations, and overview of callback day.
• Provide course instruction according to the expertise of the faculty member as needed by the program.
• Preparation of objectives, syllabi, lectures, and examinations for these courses
• Evaluation of student performance for courses taught
• Evaluation of students for IPE and summative assessments
• Participation in faculty development workshops
• Be an advisor to assigned students during the first and second year
• Participate in the continuous assessment processes and efforts involving the maintenance of the program?s ARC-PA accreditation as delegated by the program director

Additional Program Tasks:

• Serve as a member of the curriculum committee
• Serve as a member of the admissions committee which includes participating in the admissions process including application review and interviews
• Participate in interprofessional educational opportunities
• Perform other essential duties and tasks, as assigned by the Program Director

We seek a collegial individual who is a graduate of an accredited physician assistant program, NCCPA certified, and currently licensed (or eligible for licensure) as a physician assistant in Massachusetts.   They will possess at least a Master?s Degree as a physician assistant or in a related discipline. 

 This individual will have at least 3 years of clinical experience as a physician assistant and a minimum of 2 years of physician assistant educational instruction experience.  They must have strong interpersonal abilities including written and verbal communication skills, problem-solving and critical decision-making abilities.

 This individual must possess strong computer skills, including use of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and be willing to learn other computer-based systems. They will also have broad knowledge of the physician assistant profession, its history and development, and an understanding of legal and regulatory issues involving physician assistant practice and physician supervision.

To apply: please send a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae via email to: PAProgram@tufts.edu AND, go to: http://apply.interfolio.com/162727  to submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a teaching statement, a summary of teaching evaluations, and names and contact information for three professional references. Review of applications will begin Feb 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. 

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