Senior Clinical Skills Educators Part-Time

Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) is seeking experienced, motivated, and dedicated leaders and educators to participate in the design and delivery of an innovative four-year medical school curriculum that engages medical students in active and novel learning.

Required Documents to Apply:
Applicants should submit the following materials:

Letter of interest highlighting essential qualifications and interests.
A detailed curriculum vitae.
A diversity and inclusion statement.

About The Position

The Senior Clinical Skills Educators (CS Educators) will assist in curriculum development, integration, and instruction in the Clinical Skills I-IV courses where medical students will learn patient-centered interviewing, physical examination, professionalism, medical documentation, procedural skills, clinical reasoning, and patient management plan. Students and faculty will work with standardized patients (SPs) as one of the primary instructional methods in addition to small and large group activities.

This Senior CS Educators will assist in the facilitation, implementation, and grading of performance-based clinical skills assessments, objective structured clinical examination (OSCEs), clinical performance examination (CPX), and other type of assessments within the curriculum to assess student's clinical competence in patient-centered history taking, physical examination, clinical reasoning, medical documentation, shared decision making, and patient management plan. The recruited candidate must be committed to excellence in instructing, facilitating, and mentoring medical students, in addition to contributing to associated activities such as implementation of new and innovative pedagogies.

These educators will assist the Director of Clinical Skills with the training, and ongoing education of faculty in the evaluation, assessment, and mentoring of students in the development and practice of clinical and procedural skills. This position will actively interact with the SP Program Manager, Clinical Skills Operation Manager, Director of Simulation, Simulation Specialists, SPs, staff, and other faculty members from the ARCHES curriculum. All faculty are expected to contribute to the SOM via participation in service-related activities.

The Senior CS Educators will report to the Director of Clinical Skills. These are part time positions (. 4 FTE).

Rank/Classification

The position is open at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor levels, depending on experience and qualifications.

We are building a workplace and learning climate in which inclusive excellence and whole health principles are inextricable parts of our culture and practices. All voices are heard and valued, and professional and personal growth are actively supported. While AWSOM does not have a tenure track, we are building a school that will facilitate exceptional professional development opportunities for our faculty and other team members.

Major Responsibilities/Essential Functions Specific to the Position:

• Directly observes and provides constructive narrative verbal and written feedback to students on patient-centered interviewing and physical examination skills, professionalism, clinical reasoning, shared decision making, patient management, oral case presentation, and medical documentation.
• Participates in the development of cases and assessment tools.
• Utilizes educational and simulation technology platforms to collect data and monitor student's progress in achieving annual competency and proficiency milestones.
• Assists the Director of Clinical Skills, the Director of Simulation, the clinical skills and simulation staff, other Course Directors, and faculty with meeting other ARCHES course-related objectives in any SPs and simulation-related activities.
• Facilitates and grades performance-based clinical skills assessments, OSCEs, CPXs, clerkships assessments, and other type of assessments within the curriculum to assess student's clinical competence when SPs and/or other simulation modalities are integrated into the assessment.
• Serves as a clinical skills mentor to students and faculty from other ARCHES courses.

• Participates in the design and implementation of education program quality improvement efforts.
• Actively participates in clinical skills meetings, faculty development workshops, and service-related activities.
• Performs other duties as needed.

• M. D. , D. O. , or equivalent terminal degree from a Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)/Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accredited institution.

• Three years of experience as an instructor of clinical skills within an accredited medical program.
• Five years of professional experience as a physician.

• MD/DO licensed or eligible to practice medicine in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, or Kansas.
• Multilingual.

• Exemplary written, verbal and other communication skills.
• Adaptability: Flexible around the needs of the position and the school.
• Collaborative Skills: Build and maintain relationships internal and external to the organization.
• Creative and Open-Minded: Enjoy exploring and supporting innovation in teaching strategies, topic areas, professional growth opportunities, and more.
• Discerning: Ability to recognize and support innovation.
• Highly self-directed, and reliable and accountable.
• Strong commitment to self-care.
• Committed to Diversity and Inclusion: Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders (e. g. , co-workers, students, community members).
• Ability to effectively mentor a diversity of individuals.
• Commitment to meet and maintain professional development requirements related to this role.

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