Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Clinical Associate/Professor or Instructional Associate/Professor & Assistant Dean of Clerkship Education

About the role

The Assistant Dean of Clerkships is a key academic leader who provides strategic leadership, oversight, and coordination of all core and elective clinical clerkship experiences within the MD curriculum while also collaborating with the faculty that are ensuring completion of the Master of Engineering degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic and operational leadership for all core clerkships and advanced/elective clinical rotations.
• Ensure clerkship objectives, syllabi, assessments, and instructional methods align with institutional competencies and curricular outcomes.
• Lead innovation and continuous improvement activities within the clerkship and advanced clerkship phases of the curriculum.
• Develop and revise simulation and other academic activities that occur as part of the clerkship phases with intentionally horizontal integration from the pre-clerkship phase.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with affiliated hospitals, clinics, and preceptors, including collaborating with the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs.
• Participate in monitoring site onboarding, evaluation, and quality assurance processes.
• Develop, support, and assist in recruiting additional advanced and elective clerkship opportunities with support from the Office of Educational Affairs and the Office of Faculty Affairs.
• Collaborate with pre-clerkship curriculum leadership to align continuity of student clinical skills and growth, assessment, and resources across clinical sites, core clerkships, and advanced clerkships.
• Oversee the design, delivery, and quality of clerkship assessments (clinical-based assessments, OSCEs in partnership with the Executive Director of Clinical Skills, NBME exams, narrative assessments).
• Maintain clear educational policies and procedures for the clerkships.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine, or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (either a MD or DO degree)
• Significant experience in medical education, including teaching, clinical supervision, or curriculum leadership.
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical teaching, clerkship-level curriculum, assessment, and accreditation requirements.
• Strong organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Leadership in complex, multi-site educational programs.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, staff, students, and healthcare administrators.
• Data-informed decision making.
• Strong problem-solving and project management skills.