Course Director, ECR

Course Director, ECR 2

Part‑Time Faculty, North Chicago, IL, US

Compensation: $75,000.00 - $84,192.94 based on experience

ECR 2 is a required course for all second year Chicago Medical School and Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine students. ECR 2 builds upon ECR 1, a required course in the curriculum, where students learn history-taking, physical examination, and other clinical skills. In ECR 2, students build on their clinical reasoning skills, including connecting clinical assessment to the pathophysiology of common disease, the general approach to patients with common symptoms, and interpretation of basic diagnostic studies.

Students also participate in a series of hands‑on clinical experiences with real patients and in simulated environments. The course covers fall, winter and spring terms. The primary methods of teaching are lecture, small group discussion, skills building workshops, and preceptorship experiences in real clinical settings. This position is a hybrid.

Benefits: Our generous benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision plans; paid parental leave; flexible spending accounts; and a 403(b) retirement plan which includes an 8% employer contribution after two years of service. RFUMS is committed to employee well‑being and work‑life balance. Part‑time faculty and administration are eligible for up to 24 prorated days of vacation / personal leave, 15 pro‑rated sick days, and 9 holidays (if regularly scheduled to work on a University holiday), winter break, plus 2 floating holidays.

Serve as Course Director for the second year medical and podiatric students in the interprofessional course Essentials of Clinical Reasoning
2. Coordinate all facets of the courses, including, but not limited to:

• Design and development of all lectures, course activities, and skills labs
• Oversight of the Learning Management Site content
• Design and oversight of all examinations and student remediation as needed
• Communication and collaboration with other course faculty and course directors
• Work with Assistant Course Director of ECR 1 & 2 in reviewing format and skills with preceptors to ensure consistency in approach during lab and workshop sessions
• Attend meetings and participate in planning and coordinating goals/objectives with ECR1/2, M1/M2 course directors, and the Preclerkship Assistant Dean
• Prepare a course syllabus, and the yearly required course review report
• Communicate with the Curriculum Committee on course modifications as appropriate per policies and procedures
• Establish goals and objectives of the courses
• Determine reading assignments to reflect course goals and objectives
• Maintain syllabi for both courses and present to students at the start of each academic year
• Review all course surveys
• Prepare and present learning content not provided by other speakers
• Coordinate lecturing clinicians and ensure lectures are appropriate to the level of training
• Monitor lectures and ensure consistency with course objectives
• Incorporate small‑group / problem‑based learning within the course
• Utilize technology to reinforce learning through various media
• Oversee Patient Day(s) and assignment(s) design

• Write/modify and review exam questions to accurately reflect course content and objectives and academically appropriate topics while introducing students to clinical reasoning skills through USMLE boards‑style questions
• Assign student grades based on student assessment information provided by faculty input and student performance data

• Communicate with the CMS Office of Medical Education regarding issues such as students in academic, professional or clinical difficulties and accommodate students with disabilities and their scheduling. Manage any unprofessional behavior according to RFUMS policies

• Review and finalize the clinical skills curriculum website (D2L) so that it contains the necessary communication and information for all learners.
• Develop and/or review all questions for examinations and evaluations for all clinical skills course prior to utilization
• Monitor evaluations and student performance to assure…