Part Time Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) OB/GYN Specialty Liaison - Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

University of Colorado Anschutz
Department: Office of Undergraduate Medical Education – Foothills Office of Medical Education

Job Title: Part Time Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) OB/GYN Specialty Liaison - Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

Position #00841994: – Requisition #38310:

Job Summary:

The Office of Medical Education (OME) with the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine (SOM) is searching for an OB/GYN Liaison for the UCH LIC site, supporting students at the UCH, CHCO, VA, and Community Health LIC sites.

The School of Medicine’s Office of Medical Education has transitioned the core clinical curriculum into an LIC model, as part of a larger scale full curriculum overhaul. Core clinical education will occur in a longitudinal, integrated fashion primarily in an outpatient setting, with targeted hospital-based training called immersions placed during the core clinical year. Core competencies will be taught encompassing care of adults, children, and pregnant patients taught by providers representing the disciplines of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, surgery, and emergency medicine.

A longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) was created based on three foundational characteristics of an effective, core clinical educational environment:

1. Student participation in comprehensive care of patients over time
2. Presence of a continuous, learning relationship with those patients' clinicians
3. Meeting a majority of core clinical competencies in an ongoing, continuous fashion through those experiences

Supervision Received:

Reports directly to the UCH LIC Director with a dotted line reporting structure to the Associate Dean of Medical Education – Foothills Curriculum.  

Supervision Exercised:

This position has no direct supervision.

Examples of Work Performed:

20% - Student Experience

·       Oversight and coordination of inpatient immersion experiences for all LIC students.

·       Develop protocols and systems to facilitate longitudinal care of patients, including assisting students in follow-up for inpatient and specialty care.

30% - Faculty & Preceptor Support

·       Recruit and oversee preceptors working longitudinally with students.

·       Provide education and development for faculty and housestaff on student roles and best teaching practices.

·       Offer ongoing faculty development in precepting, mentoring, and assessment skills.

10% - Curriculum & Collaboration

·       Collaborate with Clinical Core Directors (CCDs) to ensure student competency and comparability across clerkships.

·       Develop specialty