Internal Medicine - Associate Program Director Opportunity

OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS

IHA and Trinity Health St. Mary Mercy Hospital have an excellent full-time opportunity for an experienced Internal Medicine physician to serve as the Associate Program Director and Faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program located in Livonia, Michigan.

The Associate Program Director (APD) role is FTE, and the remaining FTE will be clinical teaching.

The APD reports to the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The APD is a member of the faculty of the Internal Medicine Residency Program who assists the Program Director in enhancing the research, scholarly activities, and some administrative activities of the program.

The faculty for the Internal Medicine residency program provides instruction, supervision, and evaluation of resident physicians as required to meet the educational objectives of the program and to assure supervised participation of resident physicians in clinical care at a level appropriate to their training and experience. Each member of the internal medicine faculty will have clinical, administrative, research, and teaching responsibilities assigned and scheduled by the Program Director of the Internal Medicine. The Internal Medicine faculty is selected from among the medical staff based on qualifications, commitment, and desire to function as a teacher and clinical supervisor. Faculty must be active clinicians with broad knowledge of, experience with, and commitment to internal medicine as a discipline, and to the generalist training of residents.

Specific Responsibilities for Associate Program Director :

• Dedicate an average of at least 15 hours per week average over the year to the enriching and enhancing the research and scholarly activities in the program, as delegated by the program director.
• Assist in the general administration of the program, including those activities related to the recruitment, selection, instruction, supervision, counseling, evaluation, and advancement of residents, as well as the maintenance of records related to program accreditation.
• Develop and implement annual program improvement goals and objectives as related to resident and faculty scholarly activity in cooperation with the Program Director.
• Work with residents and faculty to document all scholarly activities as related to achievement of annual goals.
• Meet all the requirements for faculty position
• Assist in enhancing a research environment in the program including teaching, learning and research with the aim of encouraging curiosity and critical thinking based on an understanding of physiology, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, treatments, treatment alternatives, efficiency of care and patient safety.
• Help the program and residents disseminated scholarly learning across different platforms including local, regional, national conferences and peer-reviewed publications.
• Demonstrate and model accomplishments in research in patient care, educational innovation, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, grants, review articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, chapters in medical textbooks or case reports
• Helps in Creation of evaluation tools, didactic educational activities or electronic educational materials.
• Takes the lead on contribution to professional committees, educational organizations or editorial boards.

Specific Responsibilities for Faculty Physician Internal Medicine Residency Program :

Requirements :

This is an outstanding opportunity for the right Internal Medicine physician to assist in leading the Internal Medicine Residency program at St. Mary Mercy Hospital.Â

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

An excellent compensation and benefits package is available for the right candidate including :

ABOUT THE FACILITY

Recognized as Metro Detroit's Top Physician Group by Consumer Reports magazine, Trinity Health IHA Medical Group also ranks in the top quartile for patient satisfaction nationally. Offering extended office hours and urgent care services, along with online patient diagnosis, treatment, and appointment access tools. IHA demonstrates that it cares by bringing safe, high-quality, comprehensive, and affordable care to its patients.