Job Title: Foundational Science Educator, Pathology

Reports to: Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Location: Bentonville, Arkansas (On-site)

Date Reviewed: 09/9/2025

Who We Are

Founded in 2021, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) is a nonprofit, four-year MD program that will enhance traditional medical education with the arts, humanities, and whole health principles. The school’s culture embraces self-care to empower students to care for their own well-being as well as their patients’. The school’s state-of-the-art medical education facility is in Bentonville, Arkansas on the Crystal Bridges campus, home to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Heartland Whole Health Institute. The school has been granted preliminary accreditation status by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

About The Position

The Foundational Science Educator, Pathology is a full-time, non-tenure position. This individual will work as part of an interdisciplinary team to ensure students receive broad-based training experience. Foundational sciences are interwoven throughout all four years of the curriculum. The ideal candidate will have a history of teaching excellence in medical education and work well with colleagues across the respective and relevant phases. This position will collaborate with other clinical and basic science faculty for the development of clinical cases to emphasize basic science foundational concepts and will participate in the development and review of formative and summative assessment items. The ideal Pathology candidate should have experience in multiple disciplines with clinical relevance including:

• Pathology
• Histopathology
• Pathophysiology
• Cellular Biology

Faculty and staff members will contribute to the development and rollout of the ARCHES curriculum, which is built on evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. It includes the following six core elements which will be interwoven throughout the four-year curriculum:

• Art of Healing
• Research
• Clinical
• Health Systems Science
• Embracing Whole Health
• Science of Medicine

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop Curriculum – oversee the development and integration of all content tied to the pathology and the relevant pathology elements, including the development of clinically relevant narratives and various assessment tools including, but not limited to, NBME-style multiple-choice questions and assessment of student performance in active learning sessions.
• Teach / Instruct / Facilitate - actively engage in student instruction, developing and delivering content using active learning methodologies. Collaborate with faculty colleagues to create, deliver, and pre-record flipped classroom content. Facilitate small and large group active learning; serve as facilitator for small group discussion such as in case-based learning, and other small group sessions.
• Assess / Evaluate - create learning objectives related to respective foundational sciences and map them to the curriculum. Use appropriate metrics and assessment methods to ensure that students meet those objectives. Work collaboratively with faculty and staff for continuous quality improvement of courses, sessions, activities, and assessments.
• Participate in professional development programs to enhance teaching, educational and other skills needed to execute their responsibilities.
• Actively participate in leadership and group membership within the medical school (e.g., Curriculum Committee, Admissions Committee, etc.).
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

•  Doctoral degree (MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD, ScD, MBBS, or equivalent) with specific ACGME residency training in pathology, required.
• Greater than two (2) years of experience in an accredited undergraduate medical education or post graduate level education programs with concentration in pathology or closely related field, required.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in medical education, including curriculum development, formulating and editing assessment tools, and delivery in the field of pathology, required.
• Proficiency in medical pathology, preferred.
• Clinical pathology experience, preferred.
• Experience designing, delivering, and evaluating integrated foundational science courses, preferred.
• Familiarity with an array of educational technologies and active learning methodologies, preferred.
• Experience with different assessment methods, preferred.
• Experience with different adult learning methods (e.g. CBL, PBL, TBL, small-groups, simulation, etc.)

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those required by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

Physical Demands: In the work environment described, position requires sitting at a desk and utilizing a computer and a telephone for prolonged periods of time and good eye/hand coordination, bending and stretching, and physical stamina to lift and transport a minimum of 10 pounds. Visual acuity to review written materials is required for this job.

Work Environment: Work is performed full-time (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.) in a professional, climate-controlled office environment with standard office equipment, including computers, printers, and telephones. This role requires working in an open setting near colleagues. The noise level is typically low to moderate. The role also requires interaction with both the public and internal team members in a professional and courteous manner. Some local travel will be required, and a flexible schedule may be necessary to accommodate business needs, including occasional evening and weekend work hours.

Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check. In addition, you will need to provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States.

How to apply:

Applicants should submit the following materials:
•    Letter of interest highlighting essential qualifications and interests
•    A detailed curriculum vitae
•    Teaching philosophy statement