The required Critical Care selective is a 4-week course designed to provide experience caring for critically/acutely ill patients during the Individualization Phase (fourth year) of the MD program curriculum. It offers a multidisciplinary educational experience of fundamental physiologic and clinical principles for the care of critically/acutely ill patients. Courses take place in critical care units, specialty surgical practice settings, or other selected care settings across the state. Students participate in all service activities including rounds, lectures, procedures, and case management. The course director is responsible for overseeing the Critical Care rotations at all sites both in Chapel Hill and across the state.
The ideal candidate for this position is a clinically active intensivist who primarily practices in an Intensive Care Unit, is enthusiastic about identifying, recruiting, and supporting new clinical preceptors and sites for the Critical Care course, and can advocate persuasively for critical care education across departments and institutions. The ideal candidate enjoys developing and implementing learning objectives and evaluation tools and is interested in participating in the overall vision and management of the Individualization Phase curriculum.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Review and grade student assignments.
- In partnership with the Curricular Affairs leadership team, identify and pursue capacity expansion goals to meet the requirements of the expanded class size.
- Create new assignments or modify current assignments to meet competencies set by UNC SOM and improve student learning and course satisfaction.
- Review and integrate course feedback from students, Individualization Phase team, and Curricular Affairs team.
- Attend monthly Individualization Phase Committee meetings (currently 1st Tuesday of each month 3:30-4:30), annual meetings with Individualization Phase team and Curricular Affairs team, and annual meetings with students.
- Meet other expectations for other Individualization Phase Course Directors and Curricular Affairs team.
- Interact with students in the course to promote learning, increase engagement, address concerns, and ensure a positive learning experience.
- Engage in annual course review processes (i.e., data review, course review meeting, presentation of review to Individualization Phase committee).
Preference will be given to candidates who are clinically active in adult and/or pediatric ICU Care and who have undergraduate medical education teaching experience. The course director will receive 10% salary support up to the UNC educational salary cap on an annual basis. Ideal candidates will be interviewed with a final selection being made by late August.
Nominations and applications (including a CV and letter of interest) will be accepted by Dr. Catherine Coe (Catherine_Coe@med.unc.edu), Assistant Dean of the Clinical Curriculum, until 5 pm on July 11th, 2025.
By applying for this position, candidates agree to a review of all relevant teaching evaluations. Statements of support from the appropriate division chief/chair will be solicited from select candidates after an initial review. This is an at will position and performance will be reviewed yearly by the OMSE.
Please direct all questions about this position to Catherine Coe.