Director of Medical Student Ultrasound Curriculum (Part-Time)
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · Brooklyn, NY · 5 days ago
HealthcarePart-time
Responsibilities
- Design and implement an integrated ultrasound curriculum aligned with pre-clinical organ system blocks.
- Develop session objectives, instructional materials, and assessment strategies for ultrasound education.
- Integrate ultrasound teaching with anatomy, physiology, and early clinical reasoning across all first- and second-year units.
- Organize and lead multiple large-scale, hands-on ultrasound workshops annually serving 200+ students per class year, utilizing small-group instructional models.
- Direct sessions covering: Ultrasound fundamentals and physics, Renal ultrasound, Cardiac ultrasound, Abdominal ultrasound (including EFAST, biliary, and pelvic applications), Transvaginal ultrasound, Head and neck ultrasound.
- Ensure standardized instruction in Image acquisition, interpretation, and patient safety principles.
- Recruit, coordinate, and supervise a multidisciplinary teaching team of ultrasound-trained faculty and Emergency Medicine residents to support hands-on instruction.
- Develop teaching capacity by engaging near-peer educators and fostering a sustainable instructor pipeline.
Qualifications
- An advanced degree such as an MD, PhD, DO or equivalent in a field related to Medical Education.
- A distinguished record of scholarship, and be an accomplished teacher or mentor in the field of medicine.