Manager, Distributed Clinical Education​/College Of Medicine

MANAGER, DISTRIBUTED CLINICAL EDUCATION / COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Position Number: S-3885

As a member of the Office of Medical Education within the Covenant Health Care College of Medicine at Central Michigan University, the manager of distributed clinical education is primarily responsible for the day-to-day operations of the clinical education department. This includes student scheduling, health system onboarding, and faculty and student support across all regional campuses and inpatient clinical sites. The role serves as the primary contact for information regarding inpatient clerkships across all campuses and sites, makes recommendations on initiatives, and implements policies and procedures related to clinical years of training in conjunction with the associate dean for clinical education.

The manager also supervises a team of clerkship coordinators and program assistants employed by the university as well as campus coordinators employed by partner hospitals. The position requires excellent organizational, analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills to handle complex tasks and issues. It involves high autonomy and independent decision-making to develop and maintain course and program information, including compliance with LCME requirements, and is responsible for regular staff supervision, preceptor recruitment, and dissemination of information to staff, faculty, and students.

• Bachelor's degree in education, healthcare, or a related field or a combination of education and experience that equates to four years.
• Two years of progressively responsible experience in education, healthcare, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience with personnel management in a complex, ever-changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated ability to direct complex projects and work with an interdisciplinary team by providing logistical direction and insight.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct basic analyses in one or more educational software packages.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, problem solve, and develop creative solutions to challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication and client service skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Acrobat, email, and internet applications.
• Proficient in the use of Excel to create and manage a variety of academic and curricular databases.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and time‑management skills to effectively deal with complex tasks and issues.
• Ability to travel to regional campuses on a regular basis.
• Ability to interact with faculty, students, colleagues, external stakeholders, and the general public in a professional and friendly manner.

• Master's degree in education or a related field.
• Experience in health professions education.
• Experience with learning/curriculum management IT systems.
• Experience advising students.

• Engages in direct supervision of the clerkship coordinators and program staff employed with both CMU and CMU Medical Education Partners (CMEP).
• Engages in indirect supervision of campus coordinators (currently Ascension, Mid Michigan, Spectrum, and other healthcare partners).
• Designs and implements workflow processes for the clinical education team, including clerkship track and elective scheduling, campus and track lotteries, clerkship rescheduling, exam remediation, medical student site credentialing, and student evaluation compliance and reporting.
• Serves as primary administrative contact for all inpatient clerkship sites.
• Provides administrative oversight for years 3‑4 monthly committee meetings.
• Manages day‑to‑day operations of the department, including clerkship scheduling, online course catalog updates, updated test dates, faculty and student support, compliance, and communication of information as required to staff, faculty, and students.
• Delegates work as appropriate to clerkship and campus coordinators.
• Arranges ADA testing accommodations in accordance with current laws as requested.
• Provides primary backup to the associate dean of clinical…