Teaching Instructor

Title: Adjunct Faculty Teaching Instructor
Job Code & Class: 9404T
Department: Center for Bioethics
Budgeted Salary Range: $3750

Position Overview

This is a one semester adjunct teaching appointment for the Center for Bioethics' Spring 2027 Semester Care Ethics course. This course examines the caring work that serves as the very foundation of health care. What does it mean to truly care for patients and how do we act out this care in light of the changing landscape in health care? This course examines the ethical complexities of caring in light of advancing medical technology, increasingly restrictive resource limitations, ableism in healthcare, medical gaslighting and changing perceptions in clinical trustworthiness among other issues. This course will explore the ethics of caring through a medical humanities lens. Through engagement with art, movies, poetry, and literature, students will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to care for patients. Course activities include participation in weekly discussion, movie viewings, and readings. Assignments include an art/literature analysis project and oral presentation.

The Center for Bioethics is committed to an excellent employee experience, offering a flexible work environment that meets the needs of students, staff, faculty, and the communities we serve. Flexible work arrangements may include flexibility in schedule and/or work location. All UMN employees are expected to follow applicable public health and safety procedures. This position is remote/hybrid work location and expectations.

Job Responsibilities

Collaborate with a Center for Bioethics faculty member to prepare and teach the course via Canvas, an online learning platform. Course planning includes developing the course syllabus, designing assignments, and creating the Canvas site. Course delivery and facilitation includes leading and/or partnering on facilitation of class sessions held using Zoom, working in a timely fashion to update the course syllabus and provide any updated course materials and links on an as-needed basis, monitoring and responding to online discussion forums, evaluating/grading student performance, holding office hours (student meetings via Zoom) and answering student questions via email on a timely basis, and handling administrative matters related to the course, including connecting with Disability Resource Center as needed, and submitting grades.

All required qualifications must be documented on application materials.

Require Qualifications

• MD, PhD or other terminal degree in relevant field.
• Specialized expertise in the course content area.
• Experience teaching at the graduate/professional level in bioethics and medical humanities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with people from a variety of communities, backgrounds, and identities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Canvas teaching platform, and leading discussions via Zoom.

The mission of the Center of Bioethics is to provide leadership in bioethics research and scholarship, education, community engagement and ethics support services to advance:

• Compassionate and fair clinical care that respects the dignity of patients and the professionals who care for them.
• Public health practice and policy that promotes population health while being socially responsible and worthy of trust.
• Health equity and the right of all people to the highest attainable standard of health.
• This position is critical to advancing the Center's mission. The Center supports training opportunities to promote advancement.
  

Pay Range: $3,750; depending on education/qualifications/experience.

Retirement plan options are available for Civil Service, Faculty, Labor-Represented, Professional & Administrative, and Temp Casual classifications. Learn more about retirement plans.

Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions. You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume or CV.

This position will remain open until filled.

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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC)

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

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