Date Posted: 04/09/2025
Closing Date: 05/15/2025, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 42456
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Medicine
Hospital Affiliation: Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Unity Health Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto are seeking applications for the David & Anne Patterson Chair in Advancing Technology-Enhanced Learning at St. Michael’s Hospital – Unity Health Toronto. This is a term, joint University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital Chair. The successful candidate must hold (or be eligible to apply for) a Scientist or Investigator research appointment with Unity Health. Applications from Full Professors are preferred but individuals at the rank of Associate Professor who have expertise in leading an innovative, independent, competitive, and externally funded research program of an international caliber will be considered. The tentative start date of this appointment June 1, 2025 or shortly thereafter.
The successful candidate will be an expert and international leader in advancing research, innovation and teaching in the field of Health Professions/Medical education research with a particular focus on Simulation and Technology Enhanced education assessment and evaluation. The candidate should also be dedicated to training the next generation of education researchers, teachers and clinicians. Consideration will be given to the applicant’s record of scholarly activity (including grants, peer-reviewed publications, record of program development, and collaborations with organizations nationally and internationally, supervision of graduate students).
The successful applicant must hold a PhD in Health Professions Education/Medical Education or Equivalent.
The Chair will provide approximately $200K/year for 5 years which will support the academic activities of the holder, which may include salary support, research operations, and relevant educational events.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae (Web CV or Common CV), a 2-page outline of their academic program (including research productivity, training activities and academic prominence), and a 1 to 2-page description of how the chair funds would be used and contact information for 3 referees.
Applications must be sent via email by May 15, 2025 to:
Beverly Bulmer, Vice President, Education, Unity Health Toronto at Beverly.bulmer@unityhealth.to and copied to Elizabeth Huggins Elizabeth.huggins@unityhealth.to
For more information about this specific opportunity and/or if you are unsure of your eligibility, please contact Beverly Bulmer.
Unity Health recognizes that scholars have varying career paths and that career interruptions due to personal circumstances can be part of an excellent academic record. Search committee members have been instructed to give careful consideration to, and be sensitive to the impact of, career interruptions in their assessments.
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