TheViceChairforEducationwillprovidevisionaryleadershipandstrategicoversightforthe 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:
VUMC’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.
Thesuccessful candidatewill have:
Thesuccessful candidatewill have:
BoardcertificationinEmergencyMedicine (EM)
AchievedtheminimumrankofAssociate Professor
Atrackrecordofpersonalexcellenceasaneducator,includingteachingexperienceat the UME, GME, and/or CME levels
Demonstratedexcellenceandinnovationineducational leadership
Atrackrecordofmentoringanddeveloping others
Experiencein curriculardesign and implementation
Administrativeexperiencein accreditation
Administrativeleadershipacumenincludingbutnotlimitedtoemotionalintelligence, collaboration, networking, conflict resolution, negotiation, leading change, and fiscal management
Agrowthmindsetandlearning orientation
ApassionandstrategicvisionforadvancingtheDepartment’seducational programs
· A coverletterarticulatingyourstrategicvisionfortheDepartment'seducationalmission and describing how your leadership experience and expertise will support its implementation
· A currentcurriculumvitae(CV)thathighlightsrolesandexperiencespertinentto education and/or leadership
ThesedocumentsshouldbeaddressedtotheChair,Dr.ErikHess,andsentto Sarah Casen (sarah.casen@vumc.org), Physician Recruiter-CPRP, Department of Emergency Medicine, VUMC, Vanderbilt Health.
Erik P. Hess
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
System Emergency Physician-in-Chief
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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