Clerkship Director

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Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) is a private, non‑profit, graduate‑level health sciences institution located on over 500 acres in Fort Smith, Arkansas. ACHE’s mission is to educate and train a diverse group of competent and compassionate healthcare professionals, create health and research support facilities, and provide healthy living environments to improve the lives of others.

Job Summary

Each Core Specialty Clerkship Director oversees the 3rd year core clerkship in their respective specialty of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Behavioral Medicine, or Surgery. Responsibilities include curricular development, approval, and delivery of all course components in collaboration with the Department of Clinical Medicine. The Clerkship Director upholds ARCOM’s commitment to excellence and professionalism as an employee of the institution.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities Support Students

• Review and approve learning objectives and performance expectations.
• Uphold grading standards and policies.
• Approve texts and other learning materials.
• Collaborate with clinical deans in creating the syllabus.
• Annually submit syllabus to CC for approval.

Communicate With Students

• Monitor LMS course shell.
• Post a welcome to all students beginning a core clerkship rotation.
• Respond to student questions and concerns in a timely manner.

Enhance Student Learning

• Design, implement, and sustain didactic activities (2 hours once a month + planning time).
• Facilitate student‑driven presentations.
• Focus topics per ongoing needs assessment.
• Provide feedback to students regarding their didactic learning.

Evaluate Student Performance

• Review subject exam scores.
• Review preceptor evaluations of students.
• Speak with preceptors who give a student a failing evaluation.
• Approve final clerkship grades.

Troubleshoot Problems (Students)

• Address professionalism issues as they arise.

Support Preceptors Communicate With Preceptors

• Update clerkship syllabus annually for distribution to all preceptors.
• Respond to preceptor questions or concerns in a timely manner.
• Assist when requested in orientation of new preceptors.
• Send out letters of appreciation to preceptors periodically.

Evaluate Preceptors

• Review preceptor feedback as it becomes available.
• Provide feedback to preceptors as appropriate.
• Identify ineffective preceptors.

Troubleshoot Problems (Preceptors)

• Communicate with preceptors having difficulties.
• Work with preceptors not allowing students to meet basic clinical objectives.

General Duties

• Participate in committees and scheduled meetings to improve collaboration, communication, and student/preceptor performance.
• Serve in a mentoring/supportive role for medical students in career/specialty match advising, scholarship, and remediation.
• Work with Clinical Education leadership in recruiting new adjunct faculty.
• Participate in faculty development in clinical teaching.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Clinical Deans or their designee.

Support Administration

• Communicate with Clinical Departments.
• Participate in periodic joint department meetings.
• Report problems and best practices in Clinical Education Department meetings.
• Initiate requests for budget and resources for the following year.
• Assess clerkship rotation.
• Review assessment data as it becomes available.
• Participate in Curriculum and Clerkship Committees.
• Submit periodic Clerkship Rotation Assessment Reports to the Curriculum Committee.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean or their designee.

Qualifications and Credentials

Minimum Qualifications

• DO or MD with current board certification in the appropriate area of specialization, or a licensed healthcare professional with a terminal degree in their area of expertise or clinical practice.
• Academic experience at a College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Allopathic Medicine, Academic Health Care Teaching Center, or experience in a Graduate Medical Education Program.
• Demonstrated leadership, productivity, and administrative experience in a clinical, professional, research, or educational setting.
• Good standing with all regulatory…