The Center/Division seeks a full-time non-tenure track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor, who will serve as Associate Center Director. The selected candidate will teach in a major component of the core pre-clinical curriculum for medical students, contribute to clinical teaching in the clerkships year including reflection rounds, engage in ethics consultation through the Hospital Ethics Committee, continue our endeavors in medical humanities by actively mentoring medical students in our scholarly concentration track, teach two seminars per year in our MA degree program, and engage in scholarly activities. Apply at https://apptrkr.com/2726777
Assistant Professor, Family Population and Preventive Medicine, Center for Medical Humanities Compassionate Care & Bioethics
Posted January 14th 2022
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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
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