Associate Director for Clinical Education - Open Rank Instructor - Professor

Department: Office of Medical Education (OME), Office of Research Education (ORE)

Job Title: Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

Working Title: Associate Director for Clinical Education

Position #: 00845979 – Requisition #: 39266

FTE: 0.20

Job Summary:

The Associate Director will ensure that stakeholders understand and support the coordination and expectations unique to the Physician Scientist training and career pathway and facilitate students’ progress to successful academic research careers. The Associate Director will have a leadership role on our MSTP T32 award, the MSTP Executive Committee, and various School of Medicine and Graduate School Committees as assigned. The Associate Director will understand and help revise key policies and processes of MD stakeholders when appropriate and work closely with the MSTP Director to integrate the curriculum across the long training program. Participation in the annual MSTP Conference, MSTP Retreat, MSTP Student Council meetings, MSTP social activities, and individual student advising and counseling is also required. The Associate Director runs the MSTP Foundations of Doctoring preceptorship course, the Capstone Clinical Re-Entry course, and the Trailhead/Electives Return-to-Clinics courses. The Clinical Associate Program Director works closely with the Associate Program Director for Thesis Studies and the various MD Trek phase teams to facilitate integrated training and transition between the phases and to support the vision and plans of the Program Director working closely with the MSTP administrative team.

All MSTP leadership serve as key advisors to MSTP students, coaching and facilitating excellence in MSTP student achievement in both clinical and research work. They serve a prominent role as an individual advisor particularly in the last years of MSTP education, meeting with students regularly in both 1:1 and group settings to ensure that students move through the program and match successfully into top research-oriented residency training programs.

Supervision Received:

This position reports directly to the MSTP Program Director within ORE and has a dotted reporting line structure to the Vice Executive Dean of Medical Education.

Supervision Exercised:

None

Key Responsibilities:

25% - MSTP Leadership and Administration:

·         Attends the MSTP Executive Committee Meetings, at least bi-monthly, and serves as a voting member for matters of program policy

o   Brings relevant topics related to MSTP medical education to this committee for discussion and policy development, as appropriate

·         Attends MSTP Leadership meetings, at least bi-monthly (usually the months between Executive Committee Meetings)

o   Helps to draft policy proposals and updates in these discussions for presentation at Executive Committee Meetings

o   Brings updates on student progress and students of concern for medical-phase students

·         Meets with the MSTP Program Director 1:1 monthly to review current progress on key initiatives and projects

·         Serves as the MSTP re