School of Medicine
MCG-UGA Expansion/Athens Campus

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Campus Dean, MCG, School of Medicine Athens Campus
Position No. 00008733 / 55505
Posted 03/31/2008
Description:  The Medical College of Georgia and the University of Georgia (UGA) are embarking on a bold partnership to address the physician workforce issues of the State of Georgia by creating a new four year regional campus under MCG's LCME accreditation.  This new campus, scheduled to matriculate its first class no later than the fall of 2010, will reside on the UGA campus in Athens. The Campus Dean of the Medical College of Georgia Athens Campus will report to the Dean of the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, and will have accountability to the Provost of the University of Georgia.  The Campus Dean will be responsible for all academic and administrative aspects of the branch campus, and is expected to lead the planning and execution required to achieve the goal of a 2010 class.   He/she will engage faculty of MCG and UGA to develop a curriculum that meets LCME standards and prepares students for 21st century medical careers.  He/she will work closely with the community providers, both hospital and physician leadership, to create  a clinical experience that is academically enriched and that reflects the highest professional standards.

Candidates for this position should have a MD or MD PhD, and national recognition in a medical sciences discipline as evidenced by professional recognition and involvements in academic societies at a national level.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Korn/Ferry International is assisting the Medical College of Georgia with this important search.  Please forward, as soon as possible, nominations of appropriate candidates to:

Warren D. Ross, MD
Korn/Ferry International
1835 Market Street, Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA  19103

warren.ross@kornferry.com

Department Chair of Basic Sciences

(Founding Chair Department of Basic Sciences)

Position No. 00007739 / 57412

Posted:  05/20/2008 - revised 06/11/2008

Description:  The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) partnership with the University of Georgia (UGA) is searching for a basic sciences department chair to build an integrated and collaborative basic sciences phase 1 & 2 curriculum, and to foster collaborative research.  This is an opportunity to help shape the future of a new 4-year medical education program of the Medical College of Georgia at the University of Georgia Health Sciences Campus in Athens.  The Athens campus faculty will be linked to the main Augusta campus by administrative support and teaching technology.  Projections for LCME accreditation could seat the first class no later than 2010.

 

MCG and UGA are two of four research-intensive universities of The University System of Georgia, funded by state higher education dollars.  The MCG School of Medicine and the University of Georgia enjoys extramural support for its missions of education, research and service and has developed statewide relationships with outstanding local community groups, health systems and physicians to create a model of 21st century medical education.

 

The Medical College of Georgia and the University of Georgia seek an outstanding scientist for the position of Chair of the Department of Basic Sciences.  The strategic research foci of the medical college include physiology, proteomics and genomics, pharmacology and pharmaco-genomics, cell biology, epidemiology, immunology/immunotherapy and pathogenesis of infectious diseases.  Cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are the leading causes of death in Georgia. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will have research interests in one of these scientific fields, but other areas of research expertise are also welcomed.

 

Minimum requirements include a MD, PhD, or MD/PhD with minimum of five years of experience as an Associate Professor or equivalent.  A record of sustained academic accomplishments and evidence of leadership in his/her field, relevant administrative experience, and evidence of effective interpersonal, collaborative and communication skills are required.  The successful candidate is expected to have a distinguished record of scholarly activity, a history of extramural funding and experience in a medical/graduate education curriculum.  A track record of building interdisciplinary programs through faculty recruitment and experience with successfully mentoring medical students is also highly desirable.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

 

Please submit your curriculum vitae to:

R. Clinton Webb, Ph.D.

H. S. Kupperman Chair in Cardiovascular Disease

Professor and Chairperson

Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia

1120 Fifteenth Street, Augusta, GA 30912

or to cwebb@mcg.edu

 

The Medical College of Georgia and the University of Georgia are embarking on a bold plan to address the physician workforce issues of the State of Georgia, the creation of a new four year regional campus, located at the University of Georgia, and supported by MCG under its LCME accreditation. This new campus, scheduled to matriculate its first class in the Fall of 2010, will initially reside on the UGA campus in Athens.  In 2011, the program is expected to move to the state of the art facilities of the Navy Supply Corps School, just a few miles from the UGA campus, which is being transferred to UGA following its scheduled closing as a military base. 

 

Clinical training of MCG medical students will occur at three regional hospitals, Athens Regional Medical Center, St. Mary’s Health Care System, and Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

Coordinator, Phase 1 Curriculum Development

Position No.  00008883 / 57455

Posted:  07/29/2008

Description:  The coordinator of Phase 1 curriculum development will collaborate with the Athens campus dean and assistant dean for curriculum and the dean’s staff at the Augusta campus regarding all aspects of development, delivery, and evaluation of the curriculum to ensure a cohesive, well sequenced, coordinated curriculum. It is likely that this person will also direct several of the Phase 1 modules (courses).

Specific Responsibilities:

 
  • Participate in general and individual course curriculum development
  • Work with assistant dean for curriculum to fulfill all aspects of curriculum development, and student and program assessment
  • Become knowledgeable about content taught in Phases 1 and 2, and use this information to help ensure a cohesive, well sequenced, logical curriculum that avoids unplanned redundancy at the Athens campus, congruent with the Augusta campus
  • Oversee the maintenance of exam item data bank and item statistics
  • Send previously used items to module directors and lecturers to facilitate exam development
  • Participate in exam development meetings
  • Manage grade databases
  • Oversee entering grades in One45
  • Keep track of component grades across the year. At end of each module, all students who are not passing a component should be notified in writing with a copy to the appropriate faculty.
  • At end of module, report module grade (summative) and component grade (formative until end of year) = # right/total # of questions
  • Communicate to and about students whose performance is marginal or failing
  • Oversee CurrMIT database

Minimum qualifications: Doctorate degree, experience with medical student education and administration, experience with database management.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Please submit your CV and a Letter of interest to: 
T. Andrew Albritton, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
1120 15th Street
CB-1842A
Augusta, GA 30912
TALBRITT@mcg.edu

Assistant Dean for Student/Multicultural Affairs

Position No.  00008882 / 57456

Posted:  07/29/2008

Updated: 09/05/2008

Description: The Assistant Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs oversees student affairs at the Athens campus, including non-curricular matters involving medical students such as the faculty-student advisory system, research experiences for medical students, coordinating major events involving School of Medicine students, and coordinating the residency match. This person works with all students and supports educational and cultural programs that enhance awareness and sensitivity to promote culturally competent health care to practice in our increasingly diverse society.  The assistant dean is the point person for students regarding academic or personal issues of concern. The assistant dean reports to the campus dean and MCG associate dean for student affairs, and will work collaboratively with the MCG and UGA assistant deans for student affairs and educational outreach and partnerships, the associate dean for admissions, and vice dean for academic affairs.

 

Specific Responsibilities: 

  • Liaison with associate dean for student affairs, Student Promotions Committee and sub-committees, and assistant dean for educational outreach and partnerships
  • Assist in the development of strategies to recruit and retain students that reflect the diverse population of Georgia
  • Develop programs and activities to promote diversity and cultural awareness among the student body
  • Career advising (including establishing and overseeing comprehensive career advising system)
  • Develop and oversee academic support strategies, including tutoring
  • Oversee most student organizations (e.g., AMWA, AMA, AMSA, SNMA)
  • Write all Medical Student Performance Evaluation letters (formerly, Dean’s Letters)
  • Organize and oversee SOM “events” (e.g., White Coat, Hooding, Match Day, spouses welcome) either at Athens campus or in conjunction with MCG campus in Augusta
  • Organize all SOM orientation programs and events
  • Student counseling, especially students who are having problems
  • Direct NRMP for MCG students in Athens
  • Coordinate admissions interviews and tours on the Athens campus

Minimum qualifications: Doctorate degree (MD, PhD, DO), at least 5 years of experience in medical student education and educational administration.

Campus Information:

 

The University of Georgia (UGA), established by the Georgia General Assembly on January 27, 1785, is America’s first state-chartered university and the birthplace of the American system of public higher education.  UGA has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one if the top 20 public universities in America in 7 of the last 8 years. The university’s main campus in Athens, Georgia, covers 605 acres and includes 313 buildings.

 

Perennially rated as one of the nation’s top college towns, Athens offers a vibrant place to work and live.  With Atlanta 70 miles to the west and August 90 miles to the east, Athens offers good proximity to both cities while maintaining a small-town culture and feel.  The favorable climate supports an eco-friendly campus, and UGA is currently undergoing a major multi-step plan to convert much of the campus into pedestrian friendly green space.

 

The Medical College of Georgia is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.  

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Please submit your CV and a Letter of interest to: 
Geoffrey Young, PhD
Associate Dean for Admissions
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
1120 15th Street
AA-2040
Augusta, GA 30912
GEYOUNG@mcg.edu

Assistant Dean for Curriculum

Position No.  00008881 / 57457

Posted:  07/29/2008

Description:  The assistant dean will provide leadership in developing and implementing curriculum at Athens campus that is congruent with MCG objectives, but employs appropriate teaching and learning strategies and assessment methods for a smaller class size. This person will oversee development of hospital- and community-based teaching sites in Athens and other North GA sites. The assistant dean reports to the campus dean and the MCG associate dean for curriculum, and works collaboratively with the MCG associate deans evaluation and regional campus coordination, the vice dean for academic affairs, and UGA deans.

  

Specific responsibilities:

 

  • Oversee development and implementation of curriculum at the Athens campus as endorsed by the MCG Curriculum Oversight Committee
  • Ensure establishment of educational objectives and outcome measures that are congruent with those of the Augusta campus
  • Promote curriculum integration across basic science disciplines and between basic science and clinical disciplines. Basic science and clinical medicine should be included in all 4 years.
  • Further develop teaching and assessment modalities that promote more integrative and interactive learning by students and facilitate their preparation for USMLE Step exams
  • Work with the campus director of evaluation and MCG Associate Dean for Evaluation to oversee the collection, analysis and appropriate distribution of web-based student course evaluations regarding faculty and module/clerkship evaluations using One45
  • Promote methods of evaluation and testing that are linked to institutional, course, and session objectives
  • Facilitate evaluating students in the areas of professionalism across all four years of the curriculum
  • Engage in and facilitate scholarly activity in medical education relevant to curriculum development, assessment, and innovation
  • Work with the directors of clinical education at St. Mary’s Hospital, Athens Regional Medical Center, and Northeast Georgia Medical Center  regarding clinical education, including site development, faculty recruitment and development, clinical teaching, and assessment
  • Serve on/chair relevant education committees
  • Develop or refine position descriptions for module directors and clerkship directors, work with regional campus dean to define their roles and the amount of time necessary to meet the responsibilities of their respective positions
  • Work with the regional campus dean and director of faculty development to ensure adequate preparation of faculty for teaching
  • Work with Chair of the Department of Basic Science and UGA deans to recruit and develop new basic science faculty and integrate existing UGA faculty into the medical school teaching environment.

Minimum qualifications: Doctorate degree, at least 5 years of experience in medical student education and educational administration.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Please submit your CV and a Letter of interest to: 
Linda Boyd, DO
Associate Dean for Regional Campus Coordination
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
1120 15th Street
CB-1817
Augusta, GA 30912
lboyd@mcg.edu

Assistant Professor, Basic Science Educator

Position No.  00008871 / 58157

Position No.  00008872 / 58158

Position No.  00008873 / 58159

Position No.  00008874 / 58160

Position No.  00008875 / 58161

Position No.  00008876 / 58162

Posted:  07/29/2008

Description:  The MCG-UGA partnership seeks six (6) experienced basic science educators in Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Human Genetics, Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology with evidence of a high level of professional achievement in medical education, to teach first- and second-year students at the Athens campus. These faculty must have a keen interest in medical education and will focus on development, implementation, and teaching a highly integrated, organ-system based curriculum, with a strong clinical basis, taught in the context of a community-based model of medical education. 

 

Basic science faculty will have joint appointments in the MCG medical program’s Basic Medical Sciences department and an appropriate University of Georgia department. We are seeking faculty with expertise in the following basic science disciplines: physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, human genetics, cell biology and neuroscience.  


Minimum qualifications:  Candidates must have a doctoral level degree, prior teaching experience in a medical or biomedical educational program, and excellent communication skills. Evidence of teaching excellence is essential, and experience with small group, team-based and/or case-based teaching is desirable. Faculty with active research programs are encouraged to apply, although current research activity is not a prerequisite. Academic rank and salary will be commensurate with experience.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Please submit your CV and a Letter of interest to: 
Linda Boyd, DO
Associate Dean for Regional Campus Coordination
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
1120 15th Street
CB-1817
Augusta, GA 30912
lboyd@mcg.edu

Director, Essentials of Clinical Medicine Phase 1

Position No.  00008902 / 58167

Posted:  09/03/2008

Description:  Essentials of Clinical Medicine Phase 1 (ECM1) is the primary clinical (“doctoring”) course during the first year of medical school.  It includes content related to professionalism, ethics, culture, and legal medicine; evidence-based medicine, biostatistics, informatics and epidemiology; community medicine, health systems, international health; complementary and alternative medicine; and the care of specific groups such as adolescents and the elderly. The course includes lecture, large group interactive sessions, small group sessions, and problem-based learning modules. Distribution of effort is negotiable, but will include at least 50% curriculum development and teaching with clinical practice opportunities and scholarly activities encouraged. The director will report to the Assistant Dean for Curriculum on the MCG/UGA Medical Partnership Campus regarding curriculum development and implementation and to the chair of the Clinical Sciences Department regarding clinical practice and scholarship. 

Specific Responsibilities

  • Develop the curriculum for ECM1 on the Athens campus, collaborating with counterparts at the Augusta campus to assure equivalence of core objectives and evaluation
  • Work closely with the ECM2 director and the director of clinical skills, clinical correlations, and community preceptorship to assure seamless coordination among these activities
  • Effectively support an evidence-based approach to teaching and practice, and development of medical informatics skills throughout the curriculum
  • Identify faculty for ECM1 lectures and small group activities from the University of Georgia, the Medical College of Georgia, and community physicians
  • Support faculty development efforts of the Assistant Dean for Curriculum and director of faculty development
  • Work with basic science module directors and the clinical correlations director to assure appropriate integration of basic and clinical science education in each organ/system module
  • Integrate innovative teaching strategies that promote active learning into the ECM1 curriculum
  • Work with the campus director of evaluation and MCG Associate Dean for Evaluation to oversee the collection, analysis and appropriate distribution of web-based student course evaluations regarding faculty and module/clerkship evaluations using One45
  • Participate in the ECM1 course as a small group leader and deliver lectures as needed within the course and in other areas of the curriculum
  • Participate in medical student advising under the leadership of the Assistant Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs
  • Actively participate in scholarship related to medical education and, if desired, clinical research. This could include securing funding for research activities and collaborating with colleagues on the Athens campus, in Augusta, and/or throughout the University of Georgia

Minimum qualifications: Physician (MD or DO) with at least 3 years of experience in medical student education, including small group facilitation.

Preferred qualifications: Previous course direction experience. Applicants with existing programs of research and scholarship are especially welcome.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Please submit your CV and a Letter of interest to: 
T. Andrew Albritton
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
1120 15th Street
CB-1842A
Augusta, GA 30912
TALBRITT@mcg.edu

Director, Phase 1 Clinical Component Director

Position No.  00008903 / 58166

Posted:  09/03/2008

Description: The components directed by this faculty member are part of the core clinical education of first and second year medical students, and integrated across the curriculum. They include (1) Clinical Skills (medical interviewing and physical examination skills); (2) Clinical Correlations (coordinate a series of large group activities that integrate the basic sciences with clinical medicine); and (3) the Community Preceptorship, which places each student with a community physician for ½ day every other week during years 1 and 2 of medical school.

 

Distribution of effort is negotiable, but will include at least 50% curriculum development and teaching with clinical practice opportunities and scholarly activities encouraged. The director will report to the Assistant Dean for Curriculum on the MCG/UGA Medical Partnership Campus regarding curriculum development and implementation and to the chair of the Clinical Sciences Department regarding clinical practice and scholarship.

 

Specific responsibilities:

  • Develop the curriculum for Clinical Skills, Clinical Correlations, and the Community Preceptorship on the Athens campus, collaborating with counterparts at the Augusta campus to assure equivalence of core objectives and evaluation
  • Work closely with the Essentials of Clinical Medicine (ECM)1 and ECM2 directors to assure seamless coordination among these activities
  • Effectively support an evidence-based approach to teaching and practice, and development of medical informatics skills throughout the curriculum
  • Identify faculty for Clinical Correlations lectures and Clinical Skills instruction from the University of Georgia, the Medical College of Georgia, and community physicians
  • Recruit between 40 and 80 physicians (largely from the community) to participate in the Community Preceptorship experience
  • Contribute to the faculty development efforts of the Assistant Dean for Curriculum and director of faculty development.
  • Work with basic science module directors to assure appropriate integration of basic and clinical science education in the Clinical Correlations lectures
  • Integrate innovative teaching strategies that promote active learning into the Clinical Skills and Clinical Correlations curricula (e.g. simulated patients, patient panels, and team-based learning)
  • Work with the campus director of evaluation and MCG Associate Dean for Evaluation to oversee the collection, analysis and appropriate distribution of web-based student course evaluations regarding faculty and module/clerkship evaluations using One45
  • Participate in the Clinical Skills and ECM 1 and/or 2 courses as a small group leader and deliver lectures as needed within the courses and in other areas of the curriculum
  • Participate in medical student advising under the leadership of the Assistant Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs
  • Actively participate in scholarship related to medical education and, if desired, clinical research. This could include securing funding for research activities and collaborating with colleagues on the Athens campus, in Augusta, and/or throughout the University of Georgia

Minimum qualifications: Physician (MD or DO) with a passion for medical student education and at least 3 years of experience including small group facilitation and clinical skills teaching.

Preferred qualifications: Previous course direction experience. Applicants with existing programs of research and scholarship are especially welcome.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Please submit your CV and a letter of interest electronically to: 
T. Andrew Albritton, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
1120 15th Street
CB-1843
Augusta, GA 30912
talbritt@mcg.edu