University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Department: Office of Medical Education (OME), Undergraduate Medical Education (UME)

Job Title: Fort Collins Branch (FCB) – Part Time Developing Our Clinical Skills (DOCS) Coach - Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

Position # 00840767: – Requisition #37917:

Job Summary:

The Office of Medical Education and Office of Undergraduate Medical Education - Fort Collins Regional Campus has an opening for a part-time, 0.1 FTE position as a DOCS Coach.   

All first-year students enrolled in CUSOM’s Trek curriculum will participate in weekly small group clinical skills training during their preclerkship year as part of the Developing Our Clinical Skills (DOCS) course. This dynamic, experiential course will produce humanistic student physicians by developing their foundational clinical and professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes via an integrated curriculum. The curriculum will emphasize communication and interpersonal skills, cultural competency, physical examination, clinical reasoning, and professional development while promoting patient-centered care, teamwork, reflection, and coach-learner partnerships. Standardized patient interactions will also comprise significant portions of the course.  

Clinical Skills Coaches will facilitate a small group of students and utilize a “coach approach” when delivering the course’s curriculum. In addition to teaching students, Clinical Skills Coaches will observe students’ clinical skills, deliver individualized feedback, evaluate student performance, and provide effective remediation.  

Supervision Received: The position reports directly to the DOCS Lead for the Fort Collins Branch Campus and the Clinical Pillar Director, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Assistant Dean for the Fort Collins Branch Campus.

Supervision Exercised: None

Key Responsibilities:

Teaching/Coaching:  

·       Become competent at the DOCS course-specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes to deliver the requisite curriculum.   

·       Effectively facilitate DOCS course small groups in the first year of medical school every week, or recruit faculty to facilitate appropriate sessions based on content expertise.  

·       Provide constructive, formative feedback for students.  

·       Collaborate with the teaching team to foster an effective learning environment.   

Assessment:  

·       Directly observe students’ clinical skills, deliver individualized feedback, evaluate student performance, and provide effective remediation as needed.  

·       Communicate effectively with faculty and staff/members regarding specific student concerns and/or needs.  

Faculty Development:  

·       Prepare for small group sessions by reading the course syllabus as well as session-specific materials provided by the course directors.  

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