DOCS Lead Coach

University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Office of Medical Education | Undergraduate Medical Education

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

Working Title: DOCS Lead Coach

Position #: 00849095– Requisition #: 40108

Job Summary:

The Office of Medical Education seeks experienced DOCS faculty to serve as DOCS Lead Coach (0.1 FTE) beginning around July 1, 2026. This role is intended for experienced DOCS coaches who have demonstrated excellence in delivering the DOCS curriculum and can contribute to the ongoing development and performance of current DOCS coaches.

All first-year students enrolled in CUSOM’s Trek curriculum 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 is designed to produce humanistic student physicians by developing their foundational clinical and professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes via an integrated curriculum.  The curriculum emphasizes communication and interpersonal skills, cultural humility, physical examination, clinical reasoning, and professional development while promoting patient-centered care, teamwork, reflection, and coach-learner partnerships.  Standardized patient interactions also comprise significant portions of the course.

The primary responsibility of the DOCS Lead Coach will be to directly observe the DOCS coaches facilitating small group sessions to provide them with feedback geared toward development of their coaching skills and maintenance of consistency in the DOCS curriculum delivery. The secondary responsibility will be to serve as a DOCS coach substitute to ensure continuity in learner experience when needed by the course.

DOCS Lead Coach will report jointly to the DOCS Course Directors and the Director of Clinical Sciences.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead Coach:

·         Review DOCS coach self-assessment forms and prior feedback before direct observation sessions.

·         Conduct direct observations of DOCS coaches during small group sessions.

·         Provide focused, actionable feedback to DOCS coaches based on observation of small group sessions.

·         Reinforce DOCS curriculum standards and coaching model principles.

·         Contribute to the maintenance of a skilled cohort of DOCS coaches.

DOCS Coach Substitute

·         Participate as a DOCS coach substitute when needed by course.

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

·         Commit to the delivery of the course curriculum within a coaching model.

·         Collaborate with other DOCS course faculty and staff/member