Director of Clinical Skills for Medical Education

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University offers a rich and rewarding undergraduate medical education experience. Our moderate size is an advantage, allowing students to develop close collegial relationships with their classmates and the faculty. The school is known for its innovative approaches to teaching, yet it does so in a way that enhances the rich traditions and ethical foundation of medical practice. Many of our students choose to become generalists, but our graduates compete well for postgraduate appointments no matter what specialty they pursue. And there is no better value in a medical education than the one we provide at ECU.

This is an "Internal Posting" for a Director of Clinical Skills for Medical Education, open only to applicants currently employed by East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine. It will be a part-time (up to .40 FTE, up to 40%) reassignment of time for a Brody School of Medicine faculty member who will report to the Associate Dean of Medical Education.

Duties as the Director of Clinical Skills for Medical Education include, but may not be limited to, the following:

Providing feedback and grading Standardized Patient (SP) and Physical Training Assistant ( PTA) patient notes for all medical students' formative and summative assessment events.

Providing timely written feedback to medical students on patient notes.

Remediating medical students with deficiencies identified during clinical skills encounters including History and Physical Examinations (H&P) and note-writing activities.

Overseeing medical faculty participating in clinical skills education to ensure consistent content delivery.

Collaborating with staff of the Office of Clinical Skills to provide longitudinally and progressively appropriate material for medical students.

Developing and overseeing PTA training materials and sessions to ensure that it aligns with medical curriculum.

Developing educational support material (e.g., PTA videos) appropriate for the medical school clinical skills curriculum.

Developing new standardized patient cases as needed for medical student teaching and assessment and review/revised existing cases.

Participating in quality assurance and improvement relevant to clinical skills education in the medical school curriculum. Tracking longitudinal clinical skills progression of medical students.

Overseeing the implementation of the Transition to M4 Clinical Skills Assessment and coordinate scheduling with the Transition to M4 course directors.

Working with the Office of Medical Education, Clinical Curriculum Committee and others to define and develop high stakes summative Objective Structured Clinical Examination.( OSCE) experiences for medical students in place of the sunsetted of the step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) exam.

Serving as primary clinical skills and debriefing contact for medical school activities, such as monthly M4 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Conflict Resolution events.

Working with the Office of Medical Education, Data Analysis and Strategy and others to explore a more substantive evaluation process for clinical skills to include skills based and learning environment evaluations.

Collaborate with the Office of Clinical Skills and the Office of Medical Education to create any new programming (including standardized patient cases and patient formats, as well as coaching and large and small group feedback sessions) needed to prepare BSOM students for any new, pending national testing put forward by the United States Medical Licensing Examination ( USMLE) that BSOM students will be required to take that tests history-taking, physical exam, communication, and diagnostic skills (in place of the former USMLE Step 2 CS).

Contingent Upon availability of funds.

Current Brody School of Medicine Faculty member.

MD or DO from an appropriately accredited institution or completed foreign medical education accepted and recognized for ECFMG Certification.

Eligibility for medical licensure in the state of North Carolina; Board eligible or board certified in appropriate discipline required.

Full, unencumbered license to practice medicine in North Carolina
Full schedule DEA Registration Certificate
Credentialing with ECU Physicians

None

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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