Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Clinical Open Rank and Associate Department Head for Ed...

cal Professor, commensurate with qualifications. The individual holding this faculty position will also serve as the Associate Department Head for Education and the Psychiatry Residency Program Director. This position will create departmental synergy and enhance departmental teaching by consolidating organizational oversight and align the department's Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME) goals with the department and college's broader educational mission.

The position will be responsible for integrating the UME and GME curriculum, ensuring that students wishing to pursue psychiatry as a clinical profession have the foundation of knowledge necessary to seamlessly transition into graduate training. The incumbent will also identify opportunities for curricular innovation, resolve any identified curricular deficiencies, and promote a system of continuous quality improvement and accreditation readiness within the department's educational programs.

In the combined role of Associate Department Head for Education and Psychiatry Residency Program Director, the individual will also create a robust teaching culture through the implementation of consistent evaluation processes and feedback mechanisms for faculty and learners. The incumbent will also lead the enhancement and expansion of our psychiatry residency program, guiding and directing a team of principal faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, and residents.

This role helps the department further develop its educational programs in a fiscally responsible manner while filling critical positions necessary to advance our college's mission.

Information about Texas A&M University can be found online here: https://www.tamu.edu/about/index.html . Together, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Health, and the Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine are working to improve healthcare through transformative education, innovative research, and team-based care delivery.

Qualifications

Required:
• MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree (e.g. MBBS or MBChB);
• Current certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology;
• Minimum three years of administrative and/or educational experience;
• Unrestricted Texas medical license or be eligible to obtain such

Preferred:
• Prior leadership experience in Graduate or Undergraduate Medical Education (UME course or clerkship director, residency director, or associate/assistant director);
• Documented record of scholarship and/or research activity in the behavioral sciences and/or medical education;
• Documented record of faculty mentorship; documented record of departmental or organizational leadership positions held.

Application Instructions

Interested applicants must apply through the Texas A&M University faculty job board hosted by Interfolio using the link: apply.interfolio.com/177230

Please upload the following:
• Cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching, and service, as applicable.
• Contact information for at least 3 references to solicit letters of recommendation

Questions can be sent to the attention of Hedieh Briggs ( [email protected] ) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

Application Process

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