Behavioral Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor
- Employer
- University of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Location
- Saint Kitts & Nevis
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Sep 2, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Health & Medicine, Other Health & Medicine, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology
- Employment Level
- Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Behavioral Professor,
Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor
Behavioral Science Basic Science Program
Location: UMHS campus in St. Kitts, West Indies
The University of Medicine and Health Sciences-St. Kitts (UMHS)
invites applications for a faculty positions in Behavioral
Science.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will team teach the behavioral science
course which is taught in third semester. Because UMHS courses are
team taught faculty members have time to engage in research and
writing. The UMHS academic year has three semesters; therefore,
teaching responsibilities occur throughout the year.
Responsibilities include:
- Developing and providing students with approved syllabi and learning objectives.
- Organizing, preparing, and regularly updating course content.
- Delivering effective lectures utilizing a variety of teaching techniques and state of the art teaching technologies.
- Preparing and administering examinations, grading in a timely manner, and providing feedback to students.
- Focusing on student success by being available to students during non-teaching time.
- Serving on faculty committees.
- Participating in training to qualify as a facilitator in our problem based learning program.
- Supervising students in a variety of activities, including but not limited to, problem based learning activities as well as activities in local clinical settings.
- Participate in activities assigned by the department chair and/or University administration.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Passion for teaching
- Doctoral degree Earned Ph.D. in clinical psychology or MD in psychiatry.
- Three to five years experience teaching in a graduate medical program
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English
About UMHS:
UMHS offers a traditional four year Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.
The university operates year round and offers three semesters per
calendar year which start in January, May, and September. Students
complete the Basic Science Program at the UMHS at our state of the
art campus in St Kitts. The fifth semester occurs at the UMHS
campus in Portland, Maine. Students complete their third year of
core clinical rotations and fourth year of elective rotations in
one of our many affiliated, accredited teaching hospitals
throughout the United States. To graduate, students must
successfully complete the UMHS medical program and pass the USMLE
Step1, Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS. UMHS graduates are eligible to
apply for a US residency and subsequently may practice medicine in
the United States and Canada.
UMHS utilizes innovative teaching techniques such as a 24-bed
virtual hospital, small class sizes with individualized attention,
and the use of technology to enhance instruction. The faculty is
highly credentialed and recruited primarily from the United
States.The Course Description for the Behavioral Science course
is:
MBEH 0830 Behavioral Science 5 credits
Behavioral Sciences stresses the complex relationship between
psychological make-up and experience, by providing a knowledge base
for normative and non-normative human development throughout the
life cycle. The course also introduces the student to the
behavioral basis of clinical medicine by focusing on common
behavioral problems and the circumstances that evoke important
behavioral / emotional responses. The concept of culturally
competent care will be defined, and the basics of recognizing
organic and functional psychological disturbances are described.
Workshops on realistic clinical problems are an integral part of
this course; sexual dysfunction, bereavement, suicide and
sociological disorders received detailed attention. Additionally,
the student should develop increased insight into personal
functioning and feelings and develop the skills needed to act as an
empathetic and effective interviewer and behavioral change
agent.
UMHS utilizes innovative teaching techniques such as a 24-bed
virtual hospital, small class sizes with individualized attention,
and the use of technology to enhance instruction. The faculty is
highly credentialed and recruited primarily from the United
States.
Send letter of interest, CV, and references to: Dr. Jerry Thornton,
Executive Vice President
jthornton@umhs-sk.net and copy to hr@umhs-sk.net
See more at: http://www.umhs-sk.org
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