The Offices of Medical Student Education (OMSE) seeks a co-director for the Surgery Course in the Application Phase. The Surgery co-director will work with existing block surgery co-director to oversee the curricular content, organization, assessments, and evaluations for the Surgery Course. Surgery is a required 8-week course for the third-year medical students. The co-director must be committed to curriculum evaluation with the aim of continual quality improvement.
The new co-director will partner with the existing co-director and coordinators with respect to the design, management, evaluation, and enhancement of the course. Duties will include, but are not limited to the following:
Course/Clerkship Director Responsibilities: responsibility for the overall design, management, integration, evaluation, and enhancement of the course/clerkship, including the following:
- Outcomes: Development, design, and implementation of the course, including course-level objectives linked to the school’s educational objectives
- Align course content with SOM objectives
- Content and Assessment: Curricular content, methods of pedagogy, and medical student assessment that are appropriate for achievement of the course and school’s educational objectives
- Integration and Coordination: Content sequencing with the course/clerkship and horizontal and vertical integration of the course within the broader curriculum.
- Review and Improvement: Regular review and revision of the course using multiple measures, including national norms of accomplishment and student feedback; this is done under the auspices of the appropriate phase Committee and Education Committee
- Work with curricular deans and other course directors to innovate and improve curriculum.
- Supervision of Teaching: Review and enhance faculty and resident teaching in conjunction with the phase co-director. Direct teaching as appropriate.
- Faculty Development: Participation in bi-annual UNC School of Medicine Faculty Retreats
- Administration: Ensure that SOM educational policies are being followed within the course e.g. formative feedback, narrative assessment, grade timeliness, duty hours etc. Serve on the appropriate phase committee as a voting member.
- Attend all Application Phase meetings (If a course director cannot attend a Phase meeting, they must send a representative from the course to ensure robust communication)
- Course directors are accountable for the implementation of decisions made at Phase meetings and Education Committee meetings
- Ensure that course coordinators are well-informed of policies and plans
- Maintain regular contact with all clinical site directors (based in Asheville, Charlotte, Wilmington, Greensboro, and Raleigh). Solicit their input and Inform them of changes.
Self-nominations as well as nominations by chairs, chiefs, or colleagues are welcome. Top candidates will be interviewed. This position will receive 20% salary support to the NIH cap.
Please send a statement of interest and updated CV to Dr. Catherine Coe – catherine_coe@med.unc.edu by Friday, December 13, 2024.