Director of Clinical Skills and Electives

The Director of Clinical Skills and Electives leads the design and delivery of clinical skills education in the pre-clerkship curriculum of the medical education program. The position requires a M.D or D.O physician with successful post graduate training and 3 years of related clinical and teaching experience.

Requirements

• Develop, implement, evaluate, and improve methods to instruct, train, and assess clinical skills
• Develop M4 clinical and nonclinical experiences for students
• Help develop faculty providing M4 clinical experiences
• Assist student affairs and the assistant dean for clinical education in making sure students meet their graduation requirements
• Serve as primary liaison between the assistant dean for clinical education and M4 course directors & faculty
• Help serve foundational sciences faculty needs as it pertains to classroom instruction
• Create and implement content, assessments and evaluation tools to ensure clinical competence and proficiency
• Coordinate with other faculty and curricula team members
• Create syllabi for the clinical skills courses
• Participate in the curriculum committee, related subcommittees and the faculty assembly
• Demonstrate familiarity with and prepare students for standardized clinical assessments
• In collaboration with the Office of Faculty Affairs, provide instructional workshops & faculty development
• Assist with efforts to centralize clinical skills testing and data collection and analysis
• Collaborate with Student Affairs, course/clerkship directors to plan and implement remediation for students
• Participate in assessing re-entry students for competency in performing clinical skills
• Manage and direct the clinical skills team
• Assist with development and management of departmental budget
• Oversee the operations of the clinical skills space and coordinate with others to establish and maintain clinical space

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Generous paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Professional development opportunities