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Alice L. Walton School of Medicine · 16 hours ago

Director of Clinical Skills and Experiential Learning

Bentonville, AR

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

3+ years exp

Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) is seeking a Director of Clinical Skills and Experiential Learning to lead the design and delivery of clinical skills education within their innovative medical school curriculum. The role involves overseeing clinical skills instruction, developing experiences for students, and contributing to curriculum innovation while ensuring exceptional clinical competencies.

EducationHigher EducationNon Profit

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, evaluate, and improve methods to instruct, train, and assess clinical skills with an intentional focus on integrating the curriculum particularly as it relates to incorporating the whole health approach with a focus on compassionate, empathic, and effective communication tools and methodologies

Develop M4 clinical and nonclinical experiences for students that align with their career goals

Help develop faculty providing M4 clinical experiences and assist with educational administrative needs such as but not limited to the creation of syllabi, evaluation and assessment methods when applicable

Assist student affairs and the assistant dean for clinical education in making sure students meet their graduation requirements as it pertains to their 4th year electives

Serve as primary liaison between the assistant dean for clinical education and M4 course directors & faculty

Help serve foundational sciences faculty needs as it pertains to classroom instruction

Create and implement content, assessments and evaluation tools to ensure clinical competence and proficiency in history-taking, interviewing, physical exam skills, clinical reasoning, communication, professionalism, and documentation across a four-year curricula

Coordinate with other faculty and curricula team members across a four-year medical education program for use of the clinical skills area and resources

Create syllabi for the clinical skills courses

Participate in the curriculum committee, related subcommittees and the faculty assembly

Demonstrate familiarity with and prepare students for standardized clinical assessments in conjunction with faculty and staff such as Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCE)

In collaboration with the Office of Faculty Affairs, provide instructional workshops & faculty development within sessions and during orientation and onboarding of Clinical Skills Faculty

Assist with efforts to centralize clinical skills testing and data collection and analysis for feedback, remediation, and student progression. This includes returning students / Leave of Absence students

Collaborate with Student Affairs, course/clerkship directors to plan and implement remediation for students who fail to perform at expected level in assessments of clinical skills during the clinical skills course or during phase III and phase IV clinical experiences

Participate in assessing re-entry students for competency in performing clinical skills needed to safely reenter at any point during undergraduate medical education training

Manage and direct the clinical skills team, including but not limited to staff, standardized patients, and faculty for clinical skills instruction and assessment

Assist with development and management of departmental budget

Oversee the operations of the clinical skills space and coordinate with others to establish and maintain clinical space within the school’s premises

Abide by LCME standards and AWSOM policies

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Clinical education experienceCurriculum developmentClinical skills assessmentM.DD.O degreeFaculty developmentCommunication skillsLeadership skillsTeam management

Required

M.D or D.O physician who has successfully completed post graduate training (residency) training within the United States, required

Current or prior clinical practice as a physician within the United States, required

3 years of related clinical and teaching experience, or the equivalent experience related to clinical education, required

Preferred

MD/DO licensed or eligible to practice medicine in Arkansas, preferred

Work experience of five years directing or managing a clinical skills department / course within an accredited undergraduate medical education program, preferred