Clerkship Director

Core Specialty Clerkship Director

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. This oversight of the 3rd year core clinical clerkship, includes curricular development and approval, delivery and administration of all components of the course in collaboration with the Department of Clinical Medicine.

The Clerkship director will uphold ARCOM's commitment to excellence and professionalism as an employee of the institution.

Support Students

• Maintain clerkship rotation syllabus:
• 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 hour once a month + planning time)
• Student driven presentations
• Topics focused 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 all preceptors giving a student a failing evaluation
• Approve final clerkship grades
• Troubleshoot problems:
• Address professionalism issues as they arise

Support Preceptors

• Communicate with preceptors:
• Up-date 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.
• Periodically send out letters of appreciation to preceptors
• Evaluate Preceptors:
• Review preceptor feedback as it becomes available
• Provide feedback to preceptors as appropriate
• Identify ineffective preceptors
• Troubleshoot problems:
• Communicate with preceptors having difficulties
• Work with preceptors not allowing students to meet basic clinical objectives

General duties:

• Serves, actively participates and commits to Monthly dedicated time for committees and scheduled meetings to improve collaboration, communication and student/preceptor performance.
• Serves in a mentoring/supportive role for medical students in career/specialty match advising, scholarship and remediation.
• Works in conjunction with Clinical Education leadership in recruiting new adjunct faculty.
• Actively participates in faculty development in clinical teaching.
• Other duties as assigned by the Clinical Deans or his/her designee and mutually agreed upon.

Support Administration

• Communicate with Clinical Departments
• Participate in periodic joint department meetings
• Report problems/best practices in Clinical Education Department meetings
• Initiate request for budget and resources for 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 Curriculum Committee
• Other duties as assigned by the Dean or their designee and mutually agreed upon.

Requirements

Qualifications and Credentials

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications

• DO or MD with current Board certification in 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 settings.
• Good standing with all regulatory and governmental boards and agencies.
• Eligible for coverage by college's malpractice insurer if applicable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years academic experience as a full time faculty member at a College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Allopathic Medicine, Academic Health Care Teaching Center or five (5) years of experience as a full time faculty member in a Graduate Medical Education Program.
• Demonstrated leadership and productivity in the areas of clinical or professional service, scholarly activity, medical research or education.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Demonstrate proficiency in computer skills, i.e. Microsoft Office.
• Display professionalism for the college in all communication and interaction.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and privacy.
• Ability to prioritize and organize numerous and varied assignments.
• Outstanding organizational and communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing equity, diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Demonstrate intermediate skill level of data entry knowledge and computer skills.
• Ability to work with confidential material with an…