Associate Director Longitudinal Ultrasound Curriculum - Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Office of Medical Education | Undergraduate Medical Education

Job Title: Associate Director Longitudinal Ultrasound Curriculum - Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

Position #00837316: – Requisition #37353: 

Job Summary:

The University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM) seeks and innovative and collaborative Associate Director of the Longitudinal Ultrasound curriculum (0.1 FTE). The Associate Director will be responsible for working with the Director of the Ultrasound Curriculum, the Associate and Assistant Deans of Medical Education, SOM faculty, departments, other curriculum deans and other SOM personnel to create, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve the robust 4-year vertical integrated point-of-care ultrasound curriculum at the medical school. This position will require that the faculty be comfortable and facile in all areas of point-of-care ultrasound. 

Supervision Received: Reports directly to the faculty Director of Ultrasound. 

Supervision Exercised: This position has no direct supervision. 

Key Responsibilities:

Administration

• Ensure adequate orientation including content, scheduling, assessment, grading, organization, and course execution.
• Serve as a resource and communicate in a timely manner (generally within two business days) with students, administrative staff, and faculty.
• Assistance in the maintenance and upkeep of the curriculum equipment.

Curriculum Execution and Program Innovation

• Create and implement a hands-on integrated longitudinal ultrasound curriculum, including learning objectives, curriculum, hands on didactics and lectures, and assessments.
• Provide direct teaching to students in all phases of the curriculum

Curriculum Review, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Accreditation

• Track, monitor, assess, and identify areas for improvement within the longitudinal curriculum with the goal of continuous quality improvement or as dictated by the curriculum oversight bodies.
• With the assistance of the OME Office of Assessment, Evaluation, and Outcomes (AEO) evaluate the effectiveness of the course in achieving learning outcomes.
• Contribute to scholarly activity related to implementation and outcomes of the Longitudinal Ultrasound Curriculum

Student Assessment and Grading

• Support faculty in their teaching and assessment
• Ensure all grades are submitted in a timely manner.

Faculty Recruitment, Support & Development

• Recruit and develop faculty to teach in the curriculum
• Provide ongoing feedback, support, and remediation as needed to faculty.