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BSD PSM - Undergraduate Medical Education

About the Department

The Pritzker School of Medicine is one of few medical schools to be located physically on its University campus, offering both intellectual and social advantages to students who spend their medical school years within a vibrant, multidisciplinary intellectual community. Most importantly the opportunity for collaborative research and study is outstanding: all divisions of the University and its professional schools are located within steps of the hospital, as are the extensive biological and physical sciences research laboratories, thus providing a rich array of opportunities for our medical students.

Job Summary

The Director of Medical School Education plans, develops, and implements educational objectives and projects for the undergraduate medical education/curriculum unit within the Pritzker School of Medicine, including the analysis of key metrics of school performance, and develops, implements, and evaluates policies and systems to support administrative operations of medical school education. The incumbent is responsible for the direct supervision of 6 FTEs, 3 who supervise additional FTEs (total of 13 FTEs).

The Director of Medical School Education participates in developing strategic educational plans for the school. Collaborates with Pritzker Deans to determine priorities in cross-over programs and projects that are administered by the staff and identifies and evaluates opportunities for strategic program growth and enhancement. Oversees program design and implementation. Develops metrics to measure program performance and oversees the reports detailing program performance. Develops program budgets and allocates funds to support programs. Leads 13 professional staff members to ensure the quality execution of programs, projects, and responsibilities of Medical School Education. Provides ongoing feedback on job performance to staff and formally evaluates staff annually. Coordinates the training of new employees and current employees as they assume new, revised, or alternative duties. Formulates, along with the Associate Dean for Medical School Education, the development, implementation, and evaluation of all information systems projects.

The successful employee will assume a leadership role in the oversight of medical school education and will operate independently and creatively to identify challenges, formulate responses, and implement effective strategies to ensure the excellence of medical school education administration at the University of Chicago.

Responsibilities

• Provides oversight for several faculty and student committees (i.e. Academic Promotions, Academic Progress, Disciplinary, Curriculum Review (CEPC, CRC-1, CRC-2, CRC-3).
• Oversees the development and enhancement of existing technological systems to support medical education at the Pritzker School of Medicine. Works closely with senior staff and faculty deans to ensure technology systems (Canvas, etc.) and support the development of online student portfolio tracking efforts.
• Leads team that oversees the school\'s longitudinal Scholarship and Discovery curriculum.
• Oversees the management of the medical school\'s Clinical Performance Center (CPC). The CPC is a simulated clinic with outpatient examination rooms, equipped with examining tables and other clinic-related material, and a web-based audio/video recording system to monitor the students\' performance in a simulated doctor-patient relationship in the examination rooms utilizing standardized patients (SPs).
• Develop processes, policies, and data collection to ensure maintenance of all education-related LCME standards. evelops processes for evaluating and analyzing key metrics of students\' performance (medical school performance, USMLE board score achievement, professional achievements of graduates). Works closely with the Education team to provide ongoing evaluation and review of the Pritzker School of Medicine\'s undergraduate medical education program.
• Manages the execution of the school\'s registration, enrollment, grading, and graduation procedures. Creates plans to coordinate student affairs activities between students and faculty.
• Manages a team of individuals that validate the academic status of students within the school to ensure proper tuition assessments and scholarship awards.
• Identifies and implements technological solutions to improve operating efficiencies and assure veracity of data gathering.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Master\'s degr