Clinical Chair of Surgery; CUSOM

Position:
Clinical Chair of Surgery (CUSOM) Department:
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine Status:
Part Time Position Summary

The Chair of Surgery is a member of the Clinical Faculty for Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM). The Chair of Surgery is responsible for the Surgery program development, including participation in designing the Surgery curriculum, as well as assisting the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs with development of the pre-clinical and clinical curriculum.

This role includes faculty recruitment and faculty development to ensure successful delivery of the curriculum and clinical experiences across all four years of the program.

Other responsibilities include the supervision of the school’s Surgery faculty and students and contribution to the advancement of students’ professionalism, knowledge, skills, and competencies to the level required for a graduate Osteopathic physician.

• Demonstrates an active and consistent commitment to the Mission of CUSOM.
• Provides instruction in the Clinical Skills course, including Simulation activities, and during Friday morning clinical cases and Friday afternoon open labs and Callback Fridays.
• Serves as a faculty Course Director as needed during Blocks 1-8 of years one and two.
• Assists in the grading of student OSCE cases through all four years of the curriculum.
• Provides instruction in clinical skills, simulation, and other topics as needed during Simulation Month.
• Serves as the liaison between the students, clinical faculty, and the Associate Deans.
• Recruits faculty/staff as needed to ensure successful delivery of the specialty curriculum.
• Provides input for the annual budget for the Biomedical and Clinical Education Department in collaboration with Department Chairs, Course Directors, Assistant Deans, DME’s or DSME; ensures they support the Mission, vision, and priorities of CUSOM and reviews the outcomes of the programs and budgets on a regular basis.
• Provides administrative oversight to the specialty faculty during the pre-clinical and clinical years.
• Develops and coordinates programs and resources to assist and promote faculty growth, development, and accomplishments in the fields of the specialty’s education, research, professional, and clinical service.
• Assures integration of osteopathic principles across all four years of the curriculum.
• Serves as a consultant committed to monitoring, evaluating, developing, and implementing educational, administrative, and research programs to meet established faculty and departmental requirements.
• Provides information relevant to the appointment process for all specialty-specific faculty members.
• Works in cooperation with the Curriculum Committee, Course Directors, and System Co-Coordinators to develop syllabi and curriculum for the students of the COM, schedule courses, assign educators, evaluate outcomes, and implement a continuous quality assessment and improvement system for the curriculum of the COM.
• Facilitates annual evaluation of each faculty member of the specialty division.
• Participates in the requisite number of faculty interviews of CUSOM applicants.
• Participates in faculty meetings and committees as assigned.
• Assures the advancement and integration of high standards for ethical and professional behavior in all aspects of the education of the students of CUSOM and actions of the administration, faculty, and staff.
• Establishes and oversees Surgery core rotations with signed affiliation agreements to accommodate all third-year students.
• Develops a specialty-specific curriculum for the third-year core rotation.
• Regularly visits core clerkship/rotation sites to ensure adequate delivery of the clinical curriculum.
  
  Meets with students and clinical faculty during these visits to gather feedback regarding the clinical rotation experience.
• Reviews results of end-of-rotation exams, preceptor evaluation of students, and student evaluations of preceptors.
  
  Assembles summary information and provides appropriate follow-up, feedback, and education and training to students, clinical faculty, DSMEs,…