Emergency Medicine - Physician - Academics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center summary:
The Vice Chair for Education in Emergency Medicine provides strategic leadership and oversight for undergraduate, graduate, and professional medical education programs. The role requires board certification in Emergency Medicine, academic rank of at least Associate Professor, and demonstrated excellence in teaching, curriculum design, mentoring, and administrative leadership. The department is a leader in clinical care, education, and research, supporting multiple fellowship and residency programs within a high-volume academic medical setting.
SearchSummaryTheViceChairforEducationwillprovidevisionaryleadershipandstrategicoversightforthe educational programs in the Department, including our undergraduate medical education (UME) programming, graduate medical education (GME) inclusive of our residency and fellowship programs, and professional development programs on education.
Thesuccessful candidatewill have:
- BoardcertificationinEmergencyMedicine(EM)
- AchievedtheminimumrankofAssociateProfessor
- Atrackrecordofpersonalexcellenceasaneducator,includingteachingexperienceat the UME, GME, and/or CME levels
- Demonstratedexcellenceandinnovationineducationalleadership
- Atrackrecordofmentoringanddeveloping others
- Experiencein curriculardesign and implementation
- Administrativeexperiencein accreditation
- Administrativeleadershipacumenincludingbutnotlimitedtoemotionalintelligence, collaboration, networking, conflict resolution, negotiation, leading change, and fiscal management
- Agrowthmindsetandlearning orientation
- ApassionandstrategicvisionforadvancingtheDepartment’seducationalprograms
The Department of Emergency
MedicineVUMC’s Department of Emergency Medicine is a national leader in clinical care, education, and research. The Department has over 100 faculty and 6 divisions (operations, emergency medicalservices,globalemergencymedicine,emergencymedicineresearch,simulation,and ultrasound).
Education is a top priority for the department. There are currently 39 residents in this highly regarded and sought-after EM residency program. Much of the residency program’s stellar reputation rests on the efforts of faculty members and upper-level residents who view excellentteachingasacorecomponentof theirresponsibilities.Ourthird/fourth-yearmedical studentEMcoursesarehighlyratedbymedicalstudents.TheDepartmentalsohasanACGME accredited fellowship in EMS, a EUFAC accredited fellowship in Ultrasound, and SAEM approved fellowships in Global Emergency Medicine and Simulation.Through collaborative relationships with other Departments and Divisions at VUMC, we also support training of fellows in ACGME accredited programs in Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Sports Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Addiction Medicine, and Pediatric EM.
LocatedinNashville,TN,VUMC’sacademicandcommunityemergencydepartmentstreat over 200,000 patients annually. Department of Emergency Medicine physicians currently provide emergency services at Vanderbilt University Hospital, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital, Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital, and the Emergency Department of the Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Our Research Division is one of the most productive and impactful emergency care research groups in the world, with numerous grants and contracts from federal agencies and major industry partners. The Research Division has generated practicing changing data in many fields, including acute heart failure management, resuscitation strategies, airway management, geriatric emergency care, COVID-19 therapies, and ED operations. Faculty and researchers in the department produce more than 100 peer-reviewed publications annually, arecurrently#2inNIHfundingnationally,andarewellregardedbytheirpeersnationallyand globally.
Interestedcandidatesshouldsubmitthefollowingdocuments to Physician Recruiter, Sarah Casen:
- CoverletterarticulatingyourstrategicvisionfortheDepartment'seducationalmission and describing how your leadership experience and expertise will support its implementation
- Currentcurriculumvitae(CV)thathighlightsrolesandexperiencespertinentto education and/or leadership
Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.EOE/Vets/Disabled.
International medical graduates seeking to apply for available physician positions must be certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), must have passed the United States medical licensing examinations (USMLE Step 1 and Step 2),must have completed a United States based residency even if they have completed a residency or practiced medicine in another country, and must hold a current J-1 or H-1B visa.
Keywords:
Emergency Medicine, Medical Education, Residency Program, Curriculum Design, Academic Leadership, Board Certified Physician, Graduate Medical Education, Emergency Medicine Research, Medical Faculty, Teaching and Mentoring
