Director of Student Assesment, School of Medicine - CFS Professional Faculty

Job Title:

Director of Student Assesment, School of Medicine - Full-time CFS Professional Faculty Posting End Date:
October 14, 2026

* NOTE:

Last day to apply is Tuesday, October 13, 2026 @ 11:59pm MT Position

Start Date:

March 1, 2027

Required Degree:
Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, MD, DO, or equivalent). The required degree must be completed by the start date.

Experience:

Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in educational assessment, evaluation, medical education, or academic program administration.

Alignment with and commitment to the mission, values, and spiritual aims of Brigham Young University and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Preferred:

Experience with in undergraduate or graduate medical education.

Preferred:
Demonstrated experience with competency-based medical education and accreditation processes of the LCME or COCA.Preferred:
Experience working with NBME assessments, USMLE performance data, and assessment benchmarking.

Preferred:
Experience leading assessment, curriculum, or accreditation committees.

Preferred:
Demonstrated experience with psychometric analysis.

Preferred:
Experience implementing assessment management systems and educational analytics platforms.

Duties/Expectations:

Oversee Comprehensive Assessment System Direct the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of assessment systems across all three phases of the MD curriculum.

Ensure assessments measure cognitive achievement, competency attainment, and steady progression toward graduation outcomes.

Maintain alignment between internal summative Phase 1 exams, clerkship assessment (primarily NBME shelf exams), and program-level assessments (NBME USMLE Step exams and essential assessments).Oversee and develop a programmatic assessment framework that integrates multiple measures of learner performance across all phases of the curriculum.

Ensure assessment methods are valid and support competency-based progression decisions.

Monitor alignment of assessments with institutional competencies, EPA frameworks, graduation objectives, and LCME standards

Provide strategic oversight for assessment planning and associated personnel.

Assessment Governance and Policy Development Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and guidelines related to student assessment, grading, remediation, progression, and promotion to be approved by the curriculum committee.

Ensure assessment practices comply with LCME accreditation standards and School of Medicine policies.

Serve as an assessment subject-matter expert for the School of Medicine Curriculum Committee.

Chair the Assessment Subcommittee, facilitating meetings, coordinating assessment initiatives, and advancing recommendations related to student assessment, grading, progression, and continuous quality improvement to be approved by the Curriculum Committee Decision Support Oversee the collection, integration, validation, analysis, and reporting of assessment data from all assessment sources across the curriculum.

Provide subject-matter expertise for the development of comprehensive learner performance dashboards that provide a longitudinal view of student achievement, competency attainment, progression, and readiness for advancement.

Monitor assessment data from multiple sources, including internal multiple-choice examinations, formative assessments, NBME subject examinations, OSCEs and simulation-based assessments, clinical performance evaluations, workplace-based assessments, and other assessment methods utilized throughout the curriculum.

Ensure secure, ethical, and FERPA-compliant handling of student performance data.

Analyze assessment outcomes, performance trends, student progression, competency attainment, and national benchmark results through…