Regional Faculty Director of Curriculum and Assessment; FTE; Rank Dependent Upon Qualifications

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Position/Rank

Position/Rank Regional Faculty Director of Curriculum and Assessment (0.5 FTE) - Rank Dependent Upon Qualifications

Department

Department 00203 - School of Medicine-Dean

City

City St. George, UT

Track

New Position to Begin

New Position to Begin When filled

Details

Utah has the ninth lowest number of physicians and the lowest number of primary care physicians per capita in the United States. Utah’s physician workforce does not meet the state’s needs, particularly in rural communities. The Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine ( SFESOM ) at the University of Utah is seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to join the administrative leadership team at the Southern Utah Regional Medical Campus ( SURMC ) in St.

George, Utah. The SURMC will increase the number of medical student graduates pursuing careers in rural medicine, with a focus on primary care and other high-need generalist fields. A class of 10 medical students per year—the Southern Utah cohort—will begin their educational experiences at the SURMC in Fall 2027, after completing Phase 1 (2026-27) of a new mission-driven MD program (MD program) on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City.

All SURMC students are SFESOM Rural Medicine Scholars ( RMS ) alongside 10 additional medical students per year based in Salt Lake City who complete a longitudinal clinical training experience at other rural sites across Utah and the Mountain West.

The Regional Faculty Director of Curriculum and Assessment (Regional Faculty Director) provides leadership and subject matter expertise to facilitate local implementation of the MD program curriculum and evaluation of program effectiveness at the SURMC. Part of a growing SURMC team, the Regional Faculty Director reports to the SURMC Associate Dean and is integrated into the SFESOM curriculum infrastructure led by Associate and Assistant Deans of Curriculum, the Assistant Dean of Education Quality Improvement, Evaluation, and Research ( EQIER ), and Phase and Course Directors at the Salt Lake campus.

Bringing essential local context and perspective, the Regional Faculty Director is responsible for regional campus representation and participation in centralized governance for the MD program, helping to ensure comparable content and learning opportunities, equivalent methods of assessment, and student outcomes at the SURMC.

• 1. Collaborates with the Associate Dean of SURMC , Associate and Assistant Deans of Curriculum, and other relevant faculty to ensure regional campus curriculum comparability at the SURMC .
• 2. Collaborates with faculty and staff across campuses on accreditation efforts related to the curriculum, contributing to data collection and documentation with a regional campus perspective.
• 3. Collaborates to provide a seamless experience for students and preceptors within the Intermountain Health delivery system, interfacing with Intermountain employed and contracted medical educators and administration in Southern Utah and the Intermountain West.
• 4. Collaborates with faculty and staff across campuses to ensure equivalent methods of assessment for…