Assistant Professor in Medical Education (Assessment)

Hours: 

Full time or part time hours considered up to a maximum of 40 hours per week.

Contract Type: fixed term for 1 year

Expected Interview date: TBC

Expected start date: 01/10/2025

About the role

This position focuses on teaching, learning and assessment in the medical undergraduate curriculum. A key responsibility of this position is to lead the BSMS mentor programme which involves registrars supporting 4th year medical students. The post-holder will support all years of medical students in the personal and professional development (PPD) module, and on clinical placement appropriate to their specialty, as well as with other forms of teaching and supervision. The post-holder will lead the careers week for students in years 2-4. The post holder will contribute to our admissions process and teach on our Teacher Support Course (TIME). We expect that this post holder will lead a Student Selected Component within the undergraduate curriculum. The post holder will support the roll out of Sofia curriculum mapping software to the students. The post holder will contribute to admissions interviews, standard setting, writing knowledge tests and OSCEs.

It is hoped that the post holder will undertake medical education research either focusing on a novel project or collaborating with existing projects in the group. There is also the opportunity to apply curriculum development and assessment theories in practice, for example decolonising the curriculum, mapping the curriculum or changing assessment methods in particular areas.

The department would offer the postholder the opportunity to complete three funded, postgraduate modules or equivalent towards a postgraduate qualification in education as part of these roles.

About you

You should be an NHS higher specialty trainee (ST3-8) in any specialty willing to take one year out of programme for this role and return to your training at the end of the year.

You should have an interest in undergraduate education, including assessment and curriculum.

About our Division/School

Please find further information regarding the School at Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Brighton and Sussex Medical School is proud to hold a Gold Athena Swan Award.

Why work here

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Further Key Information

Please contact Muna Al-Jawad - muna.aljawad@nhs.net for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply please click the 'Apply' button, above.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

Please note that this position may be subject to ATAS clearance if you require visa sponsorship.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.

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