Professor of Pharmacology and Biochemistry 2027-28 Academic Year

• Incorporating the mission of Ponce Health Sciences University into program and course learning objectives, focusing course experience on student learning using flipped classroom teaching methods.
• Accountability to students and administration with respect to quality in education.

• Incorporating current profession information into course learning experience.

• Administer courses in a prepared and timely manner, meeting deadlines for course and student interactions. Maintain and exemplify professional conduct in course and student interactions.

• Preparing an updated syllabus prior to course posting according to the standard PHSU format. All information (course learning objectives, reading assignments, testing, grading, etc.) contained in the syllabus must be clearly stated and not ambiguous. All administrative and course deadlines must be met.
• Practice collegiality: Refraining from making pejorative statements regarding the university, fellow faculty or staff personnel in student interactions or course discussions.
• Maintaining regular office hours.
• Contributing to exams that have sound instructional value with accurately measured and well-defined objectives utilizing appropriate levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Evaluation should not be ambiguous and should appropriately represent the information presented in the course.
• Establishing and maintaining a course atmosphere conducive to learning.
• Comfortable and proficient in online course instruction.
• Responsible to treat colleagues, staff, and students in a professional manner.
• All courses should have a required course text or based on published science literature unless exempted by the administration.
• Participation in faculty meetings, workshops and university ceremonies.
• Accountable to report to the Program Course Director if he/she will be absent or unable to fulfill responsibilities.
• Notifying appropriate personnel of damage to PHSU property. Should report problems that affect any aspect of the university to the program coordinator or appropriate department.
• Read, understand and follow all Faculty and Employee Handbook information and policies.
• Other instructional duties as assigned by Program Director or the Dean.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(Teaching, Advising, Mentorship, and Evaluation)

1. Responsible for assigned lectures/conferences in courses in the MD Program as assigned, with a substantial reduced load in the first year that progressively builds over subsequent years.

1. Other Didactic Activities: Availability for other didactic activities as deemed necessary and assigned by the Department/Program. This includes the preparation and revision of lectures/conferences, participation in seminars and workshops, participation in small group activities such as Problem Based Learning, and other teaching activities such as long-distance learning, with students from the MD, PhD, Master's in Medical Sciences Program(s) at Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) and with students and residents from affiliated programs.

1. Mentoring graduate students as assigned by the Department/Program Chair in the preparation of the required thesis and also to participate in mentoring committees for the evaluation of other students at their presentations.

1. Evaluate students within assigned program(s), including direct observation of their academic performance, preparing examinations, providing feedback, grading and reporting their performance in the various program requirements under your supervision.

1. Participate in the institutional Student Advising Program, coordinated by the Office for Student Affairs.

1. Submit grades in a timely fashion, following the corresponding institutional policies.

(Administration, Participation, and Development)

1. Assist the Department/Program Chair or the corresponding Dean in administrative duties necessary for the satisfactory progress of the unit, such as participation in accreditation processes, design and evaluation of the curriculum and the development and monitoring of the programmatic strategic plan.

1. Participate in institutional committees as requested. Committee participation and leadership are important considerations to be considered for faculty promotion.

1. Participate in program and institutional level faculty meetings and faculty development activities. Active participation will be considered in your annual evaluations and is an essential element for advancement in rank, and for salary increases.

1. Engage in the professional development activities of the institution and of the program.

1. Meet with the Department Chair or Dean of Medicine BVI SOM when needed to discuss issues related to responsibilities and work performance.

(Research)