Education Program Specialist, Foundational Sciences

Overview

JOB SUMMARY

The Education Program Specialist serves as an educational specialist and consultant to faculty in foundational sciences in implementing and evaluating required academic components and educational objectives of the medical school curriculum. Assists and ensures successful implementation of the development of new educational initiatives that are relevant to medical education. Actively participates in the curriculum by serving on multiple committees and attending conferences. Provides centralized coordination of curriculum to ensure consistency throughout the program.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Health or other related field required.
• Two years' experience in academic medicine preferred.
• Master's degree in related field preferred.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to communicate with individuals of diverse educational and cultural backgrounds
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team
• Excellent computer skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task
• Ability to act as a department liaison

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Actively participates and contributes to the decision making as a member of the curriculum committees.
2. Responsible for the development and implementation of curricular initiatives as set forth by the Faculty.
3. Provides staff development to small group and teaching faculty on educational initiatives and LCME accreditation issues.
4. Monitors curricular and evaluation activities and makes recommendations for standardization across the curriculum.
5. Provides direction and oversight of the Medical Education staff Coordinators to ensure teaching faculty and staff have resources required to meet curricular requirements.
6. Reviews curricular components on a continual basis (Quality Assurance) to ensure consistency is met regarding goals, objectives, instruction, orientations and faculty and student evaluations.
7. Trains, coaches, and monitors individual staff coordinators in implementing systems to optimize the curriculum experiences.
8. Coordinates with various educational departments to implement and optimize curricular events.
9. Oversees and manages scheduling systems.
10. Recruits and coordinates faculty facilitators for courses and evaluation activities.
11. Manages the updating, and maintaining of the curricular components of the technology delivery programs for the curriculum.
12. Maintains statistics and data on faculty participation in activities of the curriculum.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Clean, well-lit and comfortable climate
• Some travel required