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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Location: University Park Regional Campus, Penn State College of Medicine

Position Summary:

The Penn State College of Medicine is seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to serve as the Associate Director (Adjunct Assistant Professor) of Phase II undergraduate medical curriculum operations at the University Park Regional Campus (UPRC). This position ensures high-quality and standardized clinical education for medical students during Phase II (core clerkships) of their education. The Associate Director will collaborate primarily with Mt Nittany Medical Center. Additional collaborations will include community preceptors, Penn Highlands, Altoona and State College VA systems and faculty and clerkship directors based in Hershey. This role will ensure consistent clerkship experiences, support student development and promote faculty engagement.

For oversight of faculty development and quality of teaching (both at a faculty and clinical site level), the UPRC associate director of clerkship directly reports to the Assistant Dean for Education in the Clinical Learning Environment in Hershey and indirectly to the Associate Dean for Education at UPRC. The UPRC associate director of clerkships also reports to the Assistant Dean for Education in the Clinical Learning Environment and the individual clerkship director(s) for oversight of respective clerkship curricula at UPRC clinical sites.

The effort allocation for this position is 0.2 FTE (8hrs a week)

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Clerkship Coordination:

• Serve as a liaison between Mt Nittany Medical Center, community preceptors, Penn Highlands, the Altoona and State College VA systems, other clinical sites, working with the Assistant Dean for Education in the Clinical Learning Environment and Hershey-based clerkship directors to ensure comparable delivery of clerkships across all sites.
• In reporting to the Hershey Assistant Dean for Learning in the Clinical Environment, align clerkship objectives, content, core clinical conditions and procedures, competencies and assessments with institutional standards to provide a seamless, standardized, and comparable learning experience for students. Disseminate learning objectives and comparability data regarding student performance and satisfaction to site leadership and faculty.
• Attend Clerkshi