Clinician Educator

The Department of Family Medicine (DFM) in the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University is seeking a Family Medicine/Sports Medicine Clinician Educator to serve as a Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship faculty member. This individual will support the department’s teaching, scholarship, and service programs in response to anticipated growth in undergraduate medical education class size, the Family Medicine Residency Program, and Augusta University Health primary care clinical services. The DFM’s Clinician Educators provide academic support in all years of MCG’s curriculum. Faculty course involvement includes preclinical electives and interdisciplinary required courses, and a six-week Family Medicine distributed clerkship. The department also sponsors hospital and ambulatory, research, public and population health, and vulnerable population electives.

The DFM has an ACGME accredited Allopathic Family Medicine Residency Program, an ACGME accredited 1+2 rural track residency program, a concurrent AOA accredited Osteopathic Family Medicine residency component, and an ACGME accredited Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship.

Clinical teaching and services occur concurrently in the Family Medicine Center (FMC) and at Augusta University Medical Center within the AU Health System as well as other affiliated local and regional clinical sites. The FMC is recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Patient-Centered Medical Home. Patient-and Family-Centered Care concepts are the guiding principles for new clinical program development in the university’s academic health center as exemplified by its Children’s Hospital of Georgia. The Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship provides student athlete care, training room and event coverage at Richmond County High Schools and the athletic department of Augusta University (NCAA Division II).

ABOUT AUGUSTA, GA The greater metropolitan area, home to half-a-million residents, offers a small-town feel with big-city flair – arts, culture, shopping, fine cuisine, sports, and a host of recreational pursuits are paired with low cost of living and picturesque friendly neighborhoods. Augusta is renowned internationally as home of the Masters Golf Tournament – drawing spectators from across the globe. Known as the Garden City, Augusta with its flower-studded beauty and grace has a well-earned reputation for tradition, hospitality, and heritage. A short 2-hour drive gives you access to the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta. You will also enjoy close proximity to the Atlantic coast, the Blue Ridge Mountains and other historic cities, including Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC.

Qualified candidates will have completed an ACGME or AOA accredited Family Medicine Residency Program and be board-certified (or board-eligible) by the American Board of Family Medicine. Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine.

Located in Augusta, Georgia and founded in 1828, Augusta University is a public research university and academic medical center dedicated to training the next generation of innovators, leaders and health care providers. Nearly 9,000 students choose Augusta for experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanity and the health sciences.Augusta University is at the forefront of groundbreaking education and research focused on improving and enriching the human experience. With locations throughout Augusta and at satellite campuses in Athens, Albany, Rome and Savannah, the university’s nine colleges and schools have a truly statewide impact in Georgia.Home to the Medical College of Georgia, the nation’s 8th-largest and 13th-oldest medical school, the university’s Health Sciences Campus is at the forefront of health care innovation. Located in beautiful downtown Augusta and housing the state’s largest College of Nursing, the comprehensive College of Allied Health Sciences, The Graduate School and the state’s only dental school, The Dental College of Georgia, the Health Sciences Campus is also home to the state’s only public academic medical center.The academic medical center at Augusta University includes the 478-bed AU Medical Center with the area’s only Level 1 trauma center and the adjoining 154-bed Children’s Hospital of Georgia, which boasts the highest level of pediatric and neonatal intensive care and the Southeast’s first ECMO machine.Augusta is Georgia’s second largest and oldest city. The “Garden City”, as it is known, sits along the beautiful banks of the Savannah River. The city is renowned internationally for its annual Masters Golf Tournament—which attracts fans from all over the world. With a metropolitan area population of over 575,000, Augusta has maintained its southern charm with picturesque and friendly neighborhoods, low cost of living and plenty of cultural and recreational opportunities. A short 2-hour drive gives you access to the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta. You can also enjoy short trips to the Atlantic coast, the Blue Ridge Mountains and historic cities, including Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC.