Provides advice and assistance to students on all aspects of their academic experience, including progression and requirement matters for the department/school/college.
- Interprets policies for the medical education department, university and hospital/clinical sites to assist medical students in the protocol preparation. Interfaces with various units in the clinical setting, graduate medical education (GME), human resources, academic affairs, payroll, and other department to facilitate both the policies and procedures process.
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10 |
Advises new and continuing instructors on departmental/school/college and university policies and procedures.
- Initiates/identifies opportunities for enhancing clinical education.
Instructors are the approved clinical faculty physicians located at the affiliated sites, i.e. local physician office. Coordinate with the faculty and students to coordinate/implement education program events such as hospital badging, electronic health record (EHR) training, orientation, etc.
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10 |
Identifies students with GPA or progress problems, advises students, and recommends appropriate courses of action by the department/school/college (e.g., academic probation, dismissal).
- Recommends appropriate referral to student affairs.
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5 |
Assists faculty on determining course scheduling needs for student progression to graduation.
- Tracks progress through the clinical rotations to ensure all criteria is satisfied.
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5 |
Confirms that students have met requirements for degree completion when there are no clear precedents or articulations, such as interdisciplinary programs or when transfer work is involved.
- Confirms students are meeting the requirements for progression within their clerkship program.
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5 |
Participates in planning academic curriculum in collaboration with chair/dean and faculty, and with other departments, to ensure student's progress through course sequences, avoid conflicts, and ensure compliance with organization-wide policies.
- Medical Education Program Mngmnt:Manage daily operations of the clerkship programs. Manages clerkship assignments: represent the program to students/SOM/affiliates; evaluate student requests, faculty availability, and coordinates student schedules. Effectively coordinates clerkship training programs ensuring that all institution, common and program requirements are met for the program. Assists with clinical site/faculty recruitment process/travel to sites. Facilitates education.
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35 |
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Accreditation and internal reviews: Prepares information report and create forms for accreditation review and internal reviews consistent with the requirements of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)/Undergraduate Medical Education (UME). Assists with developing and implementing processes to insure accreditation standards are met.
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10 |
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Committees:
Actively participant on medical education committees, including clerkship coordinator committee and medical education coordinator clinical subcommittee. Based on programmatic needs: determine agenda items, appropriate issues, compile information/ statistics, prepare presentations, and make recommendations. Assists program directors with documentation of due processes.
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5 |
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Program policies and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): Aids in the development and implementation of policies directly affecting the operations of the program. Regularly evaluates current operations and initiates changes to insure the efficient and effective performance of the program. Acts as a liaison with other institutions, regulatory agencies, and university departments/units when necessary to affect procedural and operational changes. Ensures all policies and procedures are consistent with university and affiliates clinical site procedures. Identifies, initiates, and/or implements change to improve services, products, and systems.
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5 |
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Medical student tests and evaluations: Calculates the results of tests and exams to achieve scores on each student for each clerkship for which the coordinator has responsibility. Develops evaluation systems for student's progress including rotation reports, and assessment. Develops and manages information systems, including a clerkship information system and other supporting systems. Distributes, tracks, and records evaluations for medical students. Maintains spreadsheets and record keeping.
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10 |
