Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Lifelong Learning

Howard University

3d•$20,000 - $30,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The College of Medicine seeks a highly organized, forward-thinking, and collaborative academic leader to serve as Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Lifelong Learning. The Assistant Dean will provide strategic, operational, accreditation-focused, and innovation-oriented leadership for the College’s continuing medical education and lifelong learning (CME-LL) portfolio. This position reports jointly to the Dean of the College of Medicine and the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity. The dual reporting structure reflects the importance of CME as both an institutional accreditation responsibility and a core component of the College’s faculty development, clinical excellence, and lifelong learning mission. A central responsibility of the Assistant Dean will be to maintain the College’s accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and ensure that all CME activities meet applicable standards for educational quality, independence, documentation, disclosure, conflict-of-interest mitigation, outcomes assessment, and continuous improvement. The Assistant Dean will also lead modernization of the College’s CME infrastructure to support efficient, transparent, data-informed, and faculty-centered operations. The successful candidate will work closely with the Office of Faculty Development & JEDI, activity directors, and other institutional stakeholders. This individual must be able to balance accreditation stewardship, educational leadership, faculty service and systems improvement.

Requirements

MD, DO, PhD, EdD, or other relevant terminal degree.
Faculty appointment or eligibility for faculty appointment at the College of Medicine.
Experience in medical education, CME, clinical education, faculty development, quality improvement, patient safety, health professions education, or academic administration.
Demonstrated understanding of adult learning principles and educational design.
Ability to develop and manage educational programs across departments.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with faculty, department chairs, administrative leaders, clinical partners, and institutional stakeholders.
Commitment to educational quality, health equity, professional development, and institutional excellence.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with ACCME accreditation or accredited continuing education.
Experience preparing CME accreditation documentation, self-studies, compliance reports, or reaccreditation materials.
Familiarity with ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.
Experience with CME management systems, learning management systems, digital attendance platforms, or faculty activity reporting systems.
Experience designing outcomes-based educational evaluations.
Experience in interprofessional education, quality improvement, patient safety, health equity, or clinical practice improvement.
Experience developing dashboards, reports, workflows, templates, or systems for educational administration.
Evidence of scholarship, leadership, or administrative achievement in medical education or faculty development.

Responsibilities

Serve as the College’s primary academic leader for CME accreditation readiness, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Maintain the College’s ACCME accreditation and ensure ongoing readiness for reaccreditation, progress reports, self-studies, and institutional reviews.
Ensure that all CME activities comply with ACCME requirements, institutional policies, and standards for independence, balance, scientific rigor, and educational integrity.
Oversee CME policies, procedures, documentation, disclosure collection, conflict-of-interest identification and mitigation, evaluations, credit issuance, and record retention.
Monitor changes in ACCME expectations and advise the Dean, Associate Dean, departments, and activity directors regarding needed updates.
Develop standard operating procedures that promote consistency, compliance, efficiency, and faculty usability.
Ensure that activity planners, speakers, moderators, and faculty leaders understand CME requirements and timelines.
Prepare periodic reports for the Dean, Associate Dean, and other leaders regarding CME compliance, activity volume, outcomes, and areas requiring institutional attention.
Develop and advance a coherent CME and lifelong learning strategy that supports the College’s mission, clinical priorities, faculty needs, and community responsibilities.
Build a coordinated annual CME calendar that includes departmental grand rounds, recurring series, clinical updates, school-wide CME programs, and selected interprofessional offerings.
Support the development of CME activities that advance clinical competence, professional practice, patient care, quality improvement, patient safety, interprofessional collaboration, and health equity.
Advise institutional leaders on opportunities to strengthen the College’s continuing education portfolio.
Lead modernization of the College’s CME systems and workflows to improve efficiency, compliance, reporting, and faculty experience.
Lead modernization of CME operations by transitioning to fully digital accreditation workflows, including electronic activity files, disclosures, attestations, conflict-of-interest mitigation documentation, evaluations, credit records, and certificate generation.
Evaluate and implement technology-supported attendance and participation tracking, such as Zoom or LMS integration, QR code check-in, SMS verification, badge scanning, or other reliable tools that reduce manual processes.
Help identify and implement a centralized CME management system that can track activities, attendance, credits, compliance status, documentation, participation, and reporting in real time.
Develop dashboards and reporting tools for the CME office, departments, institutional leaders, and faculty.
Collaborate with the Associate Dean for Faculty Development to align CME tracking with broader faculty activity reporting systems.