Requirements To Apply For This Position
- MBChB or masters degree in the relevant field
- Registration with the Health Professions Council of SA
- Teaching and research experience
- Minimum 4 years post community service (or equivalent) clinical experience
- Sound knowledge and experience of South African Health Services
- Experience in Clinical Orthopaedics
- Diploma in Orthopaedic Surgery
- Specialisation in Orthopaedic Surgery or equivalent experience
- Postgraduate qualifications in medical/health professions education
- Strong interest in technology-enabled learning
- Strong collaboration skills
- Ability to network
- Experience in drafting of in-person and online training materials
- The primary responsibilities of the successful applicant will be:
- Training of the Orthopaedic Surgery undergraduate students in clinical, procedural and communication-related competence, with a focus on bedside teaching, emergency medicine consultation and small groupclassroom tutorials
- Liaison with joint appointees and other trainers to partner in the training of students on the managementof the undifferentiated patient in primary and emergency first-contact care settings
- Monitoring of the resources and training at the relevant sites on behalf of Wits SOCM, with early identification of challenges.
- Liaison with academic and clinical leadership in Orthopaedic Surgery both centrally and on the extended clinical training platform
- Assessment of students' clinical, procedural and communication-related competence.
- Identification of vulnerable students and facilitation of psychosocial support.
- Involvement in research and publication
- Oversight of mentoring programs of students.
- Liaison with other clinical educators, to support their training of students in partnership with site-based clinicians
- Engagement with academic/clinical leadership at facilities on the extended clinical training platform, whom have the responsibility for governance of staff and students within their respective settings.
- Involvement in activities of the FHS clinical skills unit and clinical simulation unit, to align quality of learning centrally and peripherally
- Liaison with university IT-project management team, on matters concerning the IT-related environment (connectivity, data, coverage, devices) on the extended clinical training platform on behalf of the Orthopaedic Surgery and Wits SOCM, with early identification of challenges.
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