Associate Dean, Academic Affairs - Medical Education and Professor - Heritage College

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Medical Education and Open Rank Professor – Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Position Summary:

The Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Medical Education is an administrative leadership role with a non‑tenure track faculty appointment as an Open Rank Professor in one of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine academic departments (Primary Care, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Specialty Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, or Social Medicine). The Associate Dean contributes to the College’s missions of teaching, curriculum innovation, educational scholarship, faculty development, and academic governance while providing strategic leadership for foundational medical education.

• Provide academic leadership for biomedical, social, behavioral, population health, ethics, professionalism, and health systems sciences.
• Lead curriculum design, mapping, review, integration and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Ensure alignment of learning objectives, instructional methods, assessments and program outcomes across campuses.
• Collaborate with course directors, faculty leaders, Associate Deans, governance committees, operational teams, and institutional partners to ensure coordinated, high‑quality educational experiences across campuses.
• Collaborate with the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Clinical Education to support curricular integration and readiness for clinical training.
• Participate in shared academic governance and policy development related to assessment, progression, remediation, and promotion.
• Support faculty development in instructional design, teaching effectiveness, and assessment practices.

• Provide leadership for learner assessment strategy, including written and performance‑based assessments.
• Oversee analysis and interpretation of learner and program outcomes data using psychometric and assessment principles.
• Conduct or oversee item analysis, standard setting, benchmarking, and review of licensure examination performance indicators.
• Lead continuous quality improvement activities related to curriculum, assessment, and academic outcomes.

• Contribute to accreditation preparation, self‑study, reporting, and ongoing compliance activities.
• Collaborate with institutional leaders and governance bodies to maintain curricular approvals, catalog accuracy, degree requirements, academic calendars, and academic records.
• Engage regularly with the College Curriculum Committee (CCC) regarding curricular revisions, assessment strategies, learner outcomes, and accreditation‑related matters.
• Partner with the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Clinical Education on curricular proposals requiring University Curriculum Council (UCC) review and approval.

• Oversee academic policies and procedures related to academic standing, progression, promotion, remediation, and student academic performance.
• Ensure a high‑quality, consistent student learning experience across campuses.

• Lead strategic initiatives such as curriculum reform, educational and technology innovations, adoption, and development of educational programs, tracks, electives, and other academic initiatives.
• Provide academic oversight and direction to pre‑clerkship curriculum leadership, including course directors, faculty leads, and curriculum liaisons.

• Present proposed changes to foundational and non‑clinical curriculum content, structure, sequencing, and assessment methods for CCC review and recommendation.
• Provide curriculum mapping analyses, learner outcomes data, and continuous quality improvement findings to inform CCC deliberations.
• Collaborate with CCC leadership and members to address accreditation‑related requirements, curricular revisions, and alignment with institutional and national standards.
• Partner with the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Clinical Education on curricular proposals requiring CCC consideration and subsequent UCC approval.

• Maintain an active faculty appointment and…