Inquiry Immersion Mini-Course Leaders
The central goal of Inquiry Immersion mini-courses is to help students in the healthcare professions shift from the concept of medicine as a series of facts to be learned from textbooks or didactics, to a vision of medical practice as engagement with an ever-evolving and imperfect body of knowledge.
Responsibilities:
Develop and teach a two-week mini-course in December for up to 12 students centered on a current challenge or controversy in healthcare. Previously successful mini-courses have focused on Cancer Immunotherapy, Physician Aid-in-Dying, Precision Medicine, Violence and Trauma Prevention, Mental Health and Dangerousness, and Climate Change as well as other topics currently being investigated by UCSF faculty. Mini-courses require 12 hours of afternoon class (after 1:30pm) time spread over 2-4 days per week (length and location of class at faculty discretion).
Each course will have a capstone component that may take the form of a presentation, debate, group project, proposal, etc.
Faculty Benefits:
- Opportunity to design and lead a new course on a healthcare topic that you are passionate about
- Get to know a group of medical students, develop new collaborations and recruit students to your project in the future
- Receive credit towards promotions/advancements for being a course director
- Develop new collaborations and recruit students to work on your research project in the future
- Learn new teaching skills
Faculty Development and Support:
- Dedicated staff to support your administrative needs
Qualifications:
- Ability to develop a 2-week course on a current challenge or controversy in healthcare
Time Commitment:
- 12 hours of class time, scheduled for afternoon time blocks (Mon-Fri, after 1:30pm, 2-4 days a week) either at Parnassus or Mission Bay depending on faculty preference
