Assistant Dean, Medical Curriculum & Innovation

State University of New York at Buffalo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health and retirement

Public service loan forgiveness

Job summary

The University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences seeks an Assistant Dean of Medical Curriculum to work with the Associate Deans for Curriculum to develop, integrate, implement and review curricular content and assessments across the MD program.

The role involves collaboration with students, course directors, MEERI, accreditation teams and department leadership; the position is negotiable from part-time to full-time within an academic department.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree (MD or DO) or a related field.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, project management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a multidisciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development, implementation, evaluation and continuous quality improvement of Phase 1 Courses.
• Assist Thread Leaders and other faculty to ensure curricular threads are being incorporated and assessed across the curriculum.
• Assist in the review of faculty teaching evaluations and make recommendations to the Offices of Medical Education leadership for quality improvement opportunities and faculty development.
• Participate on the Curriculum Evaluation Sub-Committee including development of schedule for course review, selection of committee members, identification of data for review, contribute to the evaluation process and review of findings, meet with the course directors, assist in the design of an action plan for improvement and oversee its implementation.
• Participate in the overall evaluation of the curriculum and evaluation of courses.
• Provide faculty development on instructional techniques in collaboration with the Medical Education and Educational Research Institute (MEERI) and Associate Director of Curriculum and Instructional Design.
• Participate in preparation for LCME accreditation site visit including involvement in continuous quality improvement projects, contributing to self-study working groups, and preparation of reports.
• Contribute to educational resource planning for students and faculty including participation in decisions on purchase of educational programs and supplies for faculty and students.
• Become proficient at the use of educational resources that are available to students and faculty (e.g., Scholar Rx programs and Aquifer) and help faculty better utilize these resources.
• Serve on committees and subcommittees related to medical curriculum as requested.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Project management

Organizational skills

Education

Terminal degree (MD or DO) or related field

Job description

The University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences seeks an Assistant Dean of Medical Curriculum to work with the Associate Deans for Curriculum to develop, integrate, implement and review curricular content and assessments across the MD program.

The role involves collaboration with students, course directors, MEERI, accreditation teams and department leadership; the position is negotiable from part-time to full-time within an academic department.