Associate Dean, Health Systems Science & Interprofessional Practice

About the role

The Associate Dean will help fully realize the potential of HSSIP education across programs and learner populations through a deep commitment to academic excellence, curricular integration, and educational innovation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support VTCSOM education initiatives, including overseeing education innovation within an HSSIP curriculum aligned with the health system/community needs of Carilion Clinic (health system partner), Virginia Tech, and the communities of Southwest Virginia.
• Lead and participate in HSS-focused grant-funded initiatives, building on recent innovative VTC projects with the American Medical Association and National Board of Medical Examiners (e.g., AMA Reimagining Residency, AMA Groundwork in HSS Assessment, NBME Stemmler Grant).
• Build on collaborative efforts with other colleges within Virginia Tech, with our health system partner Carilion Clinic, and across the country to establish best practices in translating health system science principles into meaningful impact on healthcare delivery through multidisciplinary educational experiences.
• Receive a co-appointment within the Department of Health Systems and Implementation Science (if applicable) in addition to a primary appointment within their clinical department.
• Report directly to the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and collaborate closely with other medical education leaders, particularly in HSSIP.
• Expand this portfolio to include residency education, faculty development, and innovative programs such as certificates, microcredentials, and master's-level offerings, ensuring that HSSIP principles reach a broad spectrum of learners.
• Be on-site at VTCSOM and Carilion Clinic for both components of the role.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in healthcare delivery and undergraduate medical education.
• Experience or training in the design, implementation, and improvement of curricular initiatives.
• History of leading lead education sessions in diverse formats and settings using evidence-based pedagogies within Health Systems Science and Systems Thinking.
• Experience in grants and/or leading grant teams across collaborating institutions.
• Given the specific context of the role within medical education and care delivery, the successful candidate will be a practicing physician with prior experience in medical education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Applications are welcome from qualified physicians of any specialty, but it is anticipated that applicants most able to fulfill the full-time educational responsibilities will likely come from primary care or generalist specialties (e.g., family and community medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, etc.).

Pay

Salary determined by specialty and experience.

Schedule

Hours per week: 40