Description
Indiana University/Riley Hospital for Children is currently recruiting a Pediatric Team leader for their Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program in Kenya. If you or a pediatrician you know is interested in working within a 30+ year international partnership, please see the details of the position below.
The role of the AMPATH team leader is to be an ambassador, driver, and guide of the educational mission between the North American and Kenyan institutions of the AMPATH consortium. The team leader resides in Kenya full-time and their primary mission is to build capacity through workforce development. They accomplish this by working closely with Kenyan and North American faculty, residents, and medical students to support a positive learning environment that is respectful to all. Specific responsibilities for the Pediatrics Team Leader include: hosting North American visitors, (medical trainees and teaching faculty), in Kenya, coordinating electives for Kenyan learners in North America, and functioning as a visiting lecturer within the Department of Child Health and Pediatrics at Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. The team leader engages with other service and scholarly work to the degree that these advance the primary mission of capacity building and workforce development.
Working Environment
The Team Leader is required to live and work in Eldoret, Kenya, at the IU House whenever legal and institutional permissions allow.
Office space and access to office equipment, (computer, printers, photocopying), will be provided in the IU Center for Global Health and at the IU House.
The team leader is required to attend virtual meetings and perform some work remotely.
Support
This position is supported by the IU Department of Pediatrics and the IU Center for Global Health. The team leader will receive an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Research Professor in Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and a Visiting Lecturer in Pediatrics at Moi University School of Medicine. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Supervision
The Pediatrics team leader reports directly to both the IU Center for Global Health Director of Education and the Department of Pediatrics Vice Chair of Education. Day-to-day activities are supervised and managed by the AMPATH Executive Field Director. For clinical and teaching responsibilities related to the Moi University, the team leader will report to the Head of Department of Child Health and Pediatrics.
FACULTY DUTIES
AMPATH Ambassador
As the AMPATH ambassador for pediatrics, the pediatrics team leader is expected to:
Attend weekly AMPATH consortium calls
Participate in monthly meetings with IU Center for Global Health Education leadership
Help maintain and update AMPATH Education SOPs
Provide reports on activities related to the pediatric educational mission when requested
Visiting Assistant Professor of Indiana University Department of Pediatrics
As a member of the IU Department of Pediatrics, the pediatrics team leader is expected to:
Assist with global health related educational activities for IU residents and students. This includes at least monthly meetings with Pediatrics Global Health Education leadership This may include book/journal clubs, development and implementation of new global health curriculum, mentorship of IU trainees in global health related projects, among other activities
Maintain regular and prompt communication with the IU Department of Pediatrics. This includes timely submission of student and resident evaluations and prompt response to emails and requests for information.
Facilitate pediatric research efforts in Kenya by helping to build relationships between researchers from the North American AMPATH institutions and researchers from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and Moi University School of Medicine.
Host visitors to AMPATH with an interest in Pediatrics including donors, new faculty, researchers, and the many other interested parties that create future opportunities for AMPATH.
Visiting lecturer of Moi University Department of Child Health and Pediatrics
As a visiting lecturer of the Moi University Department of Child Health and Pediatrics, the pediatrics team leader is expected to:
Participate in clinical care for pediatric patients at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. This primarily involves leading bedside teaching and rounds for teams of Kenyan registrars (residents) and medical students. Duties are 7 days at a time at an interval of every 3-4 weeks.
The pediatrics team leader is tasked with developing and maintaining the schedule of service for the 4 attendings on the Upendo pediatrics inpatient team.
Participate in Department of Child Health and Pediatrics staff meetings
Participate in weekly registrar “mini-rounds” and journal club
Participate in the administration of student and registrar exams
Assist in writing questions for student and registrar exams
Facilitate didactic teaching for medical students and registrars when requested
Optional – supervise and mentor registrars with thesis research projects
EDUCATIONAL DUTIES
Co-precept IU learner pediatrics rotation
Assist with predeparture orientation and provide re-orientations once IU visitors are in Kenya
Complete all evaluations of trainees rotating in pediatrics in Kenya. These should be done in a timely fashion (no later than 15 days after the end of the rotation).
Grade trainee reflection papers and other course requirements in conjunction with IU Center for Global Health Equity Education faculty
Coordinate learners and visiting teaching faculty from all AMPATH North American schools
Work closely with the IU Center for Global Health Equity Assistant Director for Logistics and Education Programs and other team leaders to track which trainees are coming for rotations, which specific rotations they will complete, and what dates they will be in Kenya.
Assist in scheduling additional activities for interested visiting trainees
Create schedules for each trainee (dates for each rotation, morning report date, date in various clinics, trainee requests, etc.)
Send welcome email to visiting students/residents 2-4 weeks before arrival with their schedule, and the rules, protocols, logistics for the rotation.
Inform Moi and MTRH leadership about planned trainee and clinical faculty visitors
Orient visitors to clinical sites and info trainees of rotational requirements and schedule
Introduce visitors to Kenya clinical colleagues and supervisors
Didactics and Discussions
The Team Leader will oversee and deliver educational activities and didactics for North American trainees, focusing on global health and healthcare delivery in Kenya. Key responsibilities include:
Morning Reports: Facilitate and mentor students and residents through discussions on the complexities of healthcare in Kenya. Develop schedules and contribute key teaching points.
Global Health Talks: Coordinate and deliver educational sessions on clinical topics relevant to healthcare in Eldoret. Collaborate with multidisciplinary faculty to create a comprehensive lecture schedule.
Fireside Chats: Organize and lead informal discussions on critical global health issues, fostering thoughtful engagement among trainees.
Debriefing and Processing
The pediatrics team leader is responsible for assisting trainees with processing their experiences in Kenya. This should be accomplished through, at a minimum, weekly debrief sessions. These can be in groups or individually and should be done with the goal of encouraging a posture of cultural humility among learners.
Slemenda Scholars
Rising second-year IU School of Medicine students travel to Kenya as part of the Slemenda Scholars program. The program was established in honor of Dr. Charlie Slemenda, an IU School of Medicine epidemiologist, who had a passion for global health. The program sends IU medical students to Eldoret to experience AMPATH by participating in rounds, collaborating on field projects, and working alongside Moi University medical students.
In conjunction with the other team leaders, the pediatric team leader will work to create a schedule of clinical and learning opportunities for the Slemenda scholars including the opportunity to have an immersion experience in the COBES program if at all possible.
In conjunction with the other team leaders, the pediatric team leader will work to orient and supervise the Scholars during their time in Kenya
The pediatric team leader will mentor one Slemenda scholar and assist them with completing a project. Each team leader is responsible for being a primary mentor for at least one Scholar and/or to identify NA faculty on-ground willing to fold the student into their established projects and provide primary mentorship.
SERVICE DUTIES
Medical care for pediatric guests at IU House
The pediatric team leader is responsible for the following medical care activities for IU House guests:
Discuss medical issues in advance for children with chronic medical issues coming to IU
Provide necessary urgent medical care for children staying at IU House and/or facilitate access to appropriate medical care at a local hospital/clinic.
Keep pediatric medical supplies at IU house up to date and in stock.
Manage pediatric HIV exposure with PEP protocol per IU House policies/procedures.
Weekend Call
Maintain and participate in schedule for weekend call, on average every 3-4 weekends. Communicate the call schedule to IU House staff.
Weekend call duties include triage and management of minor medical issues for guests and long-term faculty, ensuring guest safety and compliance with policies, and providing orientation for weekend guest arrivals.
Clinical duties
In addition to clinical work on the pediatric ward at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital the pediatrics team leader will have the opportunity to work in an outpatient clinic (AMPATH affiliated clinics, MTRH specialty clinics, etc.)
SCHOLARLY WORK
The pediatrics team leader will seek to engage in scholarly projects that will result in regular disseminated outputs (i.e. program development, quality improvement project, etc.).
The pediatrics team leader will work with the IU Director and Associate Directors of Global Health to identify and mentor global health-related scholarly work for pediatrics trainees.
Partner with Kenyan colleagues on scholarly projects
Follow all AMPATH research protocols
IUSM is committed to being an institution that reflects the learners we teach and the patient populations we serve and pursues the values of equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We desire candidates whose work contributes to equitable and inclusive learning and working environments for our learners, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana.
