Instructional Position Description for Clinical Faculty

Clinical faculty members are qualified health care professionals and faculty members who practice in a clinical setting in which the learner will learn. The Clinical Teacher provides experiences and opportunities for observation, which allow the learner to meet learning objectives. The Clinical Teacher also acts as a resource person during the learnerâ€™s placement.

Criteria:

1. Licensed health care professional. This includes Health Science Professionals.
2. Qualified to assist the learner in meeting learning objectives in the clinical setting.
3. Qualified by the faculty according to practice experience, clinical expertise, and educational expertise.

Responsibilities:

1. Become acquainted with the objectives of the Medical Schoolâ€™s clinical placement/clerkship.
2. Become familiar with the learner's individual learning objectives.
3. With the learner, determine and arrange clinical experiences that will help the learner meet their personal learning objectives.
4. Provide the School with a list of skills and/or procedures that the learner may observe or perform and specify which may require some advance preparation.
5. Orient the learner to the clinical environmentâ€™s personnel, physical facilities, policies, and procedures.
6. Assume supervisory responsibility for the learner's practice.
7. Provide periodic written assessments of the learner's progress in meeting the learning objectives and the learner's behaviour and responsibility in demonstrating a professional commitment to patients, staff, the Clinical Teacher, and the clinical setting.
8. Maintain verbal and/or written communication with a designated School faculty or staff member.
9. Assist the learner in becoming acquainted with the people and activities of the community.

Note: All Clinical Educators should have a NOSM University faculty appointment in order to formally assess a medical learner.

NOSM University invites applications from all qualified individuals. NOSM U
is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from
women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual
orientation or gender identity.
NOSM U needs to gather information about applicants' status as either Permanent Residents of
Canada or Canadian citizens. Applications need not identify their country of origin or current
citizenship; however, all applications must include one of the following statements: "Yes, I am a
Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada", "Yes, I am not a Canadian citizen or
permanent resident of Canada but I am legally eligible to work in Canada", "No, I am not a
Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada or otherwise legally eligible to work in Canada."

Notice of Collection

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