Assistant/Associate Professor of Foundational Sciences (Anatomy)

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Job Description:

Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine seeks an Assistant/ Associate Professor as full-time biomedical sciences faculty for a new dental college in Joplin, Missouri. The faculty member will be responsible for contributing to teaching the foundational and biomedical sciences with an emphasis on gross and histopathologic human anatomy. The College of Dental Medicine’s educational program integrates topics of foundational biological sciences with systems-based, clinically-focused case studies to achieve the overarching objective of preparing students to become community-based primary care clinicians.

Within your application materials, please include the three following documents:

• CV/Resume
• Letter of interest (cover letter)
• Summary of your teaching philosophy

If you have issues attaching these during the application process, email them to tcunningham@kansascity.edu

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Candidates must demonstrate the ability to contribute to and participate in a humanistic environment of learning and discovery. Successful candidates are expected to be able to provide innovative teaching and learning paradigms in the healthsciences.Candidatesshouldbehighlymotivatedtobepartofthedevelopmentandgrowthofanewdentalcollege and willing to serve as academic coaches and role models to students while providing compassionate, ethical, and evidenced based learning approaches. Applicants are expected to contribute to the education of dental students and professional enrichment activities for faculty. In addition, applicants will establish and maintain activities in research and scholarship.

Qualifications:

• Candidatesmusthaveadoctoraldegree(eitherPhD,DDS,DMD,DO,MD,oracombination)froman appropriately accredited institution
• Human gross anatomy dissection experience is required
• Candidatesshouldhaveteachingexperience,preferablyusingawiderangeofeducational techniques.
• Post-doctoraltrainingandexperienceisrequired(residency/fellowship)withprioracademicteachingand research experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinicianscientistsanddualdegreetrainedcandidateswithaclinicalandresearchdoctoratearepreferred
• Candidatesshouldhavegeneralteachingexperiencewiththeabilitytoteachdifficultconceptstostudentsat the predoctoral level, as well as extensive research experience
• Experienceasacoursedirector,teamteaching,andmentoringstudentsinresearch
• Candidates should have effective organization, communication, verbal, and written skills, as well as high proficiencywiththeMicrosoftOfficesuiteofsoftwareprogramsandonlineLearningManagementSystems

Candidates must demonstrate a passion for teaching, an enthusiasm for dental education, a value for research and a strong desire to teach students in a demanding, startup academic environment.  A strong desire to teach students and interact with faculty and researchers through collaboration is encouraged. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience.

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