CCHS - Assistant Professor/Associate Professor – Assistant Director of Rural Programs - Renewable Contract - 525159

Department/Organization
208121 - Rural Programs

Rank
Assistant/Associate Professor

Position Summary
The College of Community Health Sciences at the University of Alabama (UA) is excited to announce the availability of one assistant or associate professor faculty position for full time position to meet its growing needs in Rural Programs. We seek to recruit a dynamic educator with a desire to join an established program dedicated to training future rural physicians. Appointments to the faculty of The University of Alabama are based on the personnel requirements of the University’s academic programs and on the goal of achieving and maintaining excellence in its teaching, research, and service/academic citizenship activities.

Detailed Position Information
The College of Community Health Sciences at the University of Alabama (UA) is excited to announce the availability of one assistant or associate professor faculty position for full time position to meet its growing needs in Rural Programs. We seek to recruit a dynamic educator with a desire to join an established program dedicated to training future rural physicians. Responsibilities will include:
• teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in rural pre-medical and pre-dental education
• assist with curriculum development and delivery
• collaborate with local preceptors who mentor medical and dental school applicants
• maintain an active research record and publish in scholarly peer-reviewed journals
• obtain external funding in support of scholarly activity
• advise undergraduate and graduate students seeking healthcare careers
• direct scholarly activities in healthcare education (when appropriate)
• serve on dissertation committees (when appropriate)
• participate in program development and accreditation processes
• serve on student and faculty committees
• provide service within the University, to state and local educational agencies, and to relevant professional organizations

Minimum Qualifications
PhD, DrPH, or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications
Successful candidates will display a collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit, a desire to work in multidisciplinary and inter-professional teams and have excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English. Preference will be given to candidates who have: (a) an established record of research and scholarly activity, (b) previous teaching experience, (c) previous health education/public health experience, (d) professional association involvement, and (e) a record of community engagement/outreach.

Instructions and Required Materials for Application
CV & Cover Letter

About the Division/College/School
The College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS) was founded in 1972 by William Willard, MD, author of the “Willard Report” and considered the “Father of Family Medicine,” with a mandate to train family physicians for Alabama, particularly its rural areas. The College also provides medical student education as the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus of the four-campus University of Alabama School of Medicine, based at UAB in Birmingham. The College’s mission focuses on improving the health of individuals and communities in Alabama and the region through leadership in medical education and primary care; the provision of high-quality, accessible health care services; and scholarship.

CCHS is sponsor of the UA Family Medicine Residency and seven fellowships for family physicians. The Residency, a 16-16-16 program now in its 45th year, is the second largest family medicine residency in the country. Of the more than 470 Residency graduates, 85% practice in the five-state area of the Southeast, with half in rural areas, and comprise 1 of 7 family physicians practicing in Alabama. Nearly 900 medical students have completed their clinical training at the College since 1974, entering Family Medicine and primary care careers at more than twice the national average.

The College’s nationally recognized Rural Pipeline Programs and the Institute for Rural Health Research, along with basic sciences, social sciences, and health professional faculty and resources on the UA campus and innumerable specialty and medical research faculty among the School of Medicine faculty, create a uniquely resource-rich environment for a medical educator. The College’s clinical enterprise also conducts 150,000 ambulatory visits and more than 10,000 admissions a year to a broad patient population, including UA faculty and staff and the general population of West Alabama.

For more information about the College, visit http://cchs.ua.edu.