Edith L. Trees Faculty in Disability & Special Need Medicine

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Description Position Number: 355018: Primary Purpose: The Edith L. Trees Faculty in Disability and Special Needs Medicine leads the development and delivery of the COM’s Disability and Special Needs competency-based curriculum. The faculty member will also participate in student mentorship, instruction, research, and scholarly activity related to disabilities, special needs, and their specialty area. Essential job functions: Develops interprofessional learning activities related to disabilities and special needs in collaboration with other Duquesne University programs. Administrative: - Leads the planning, development, and delivery of the curriculum including topics, courses, and methods of instruction that relate to disabilities and special needs competencies in all four years of the medical school curriculum as assigned. - Participates in the instruction and supervision of medical students at all phases of training including didactics, small group discussions, clinical cases, labs, clinical patient care, simulation training, procedure training, and standardized patient encounters. - Assists with the development and implementation of the clinical curriculum in the first and second...