Fort Collins Branch (FCB) - Critical Care Director and Clinical Content Contributor

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Critical Care Director and Clinical Content Contributor for the University of Colorado School of Medicine at Colorado State University (Fort Collins Branch) is responsible for working with SOM personnel to implement, evaluate, and continuously improve components of the elective in which they have scientific expertise, and to collaborate with Medical Science faculty to deliver specialty-specific content in the classroom.

Requirements

Applicants must be able to obtain a faculty appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Applicants must be a board-certified physician with an MD or DO degree from an accredited University.
Applicants must be practicing in Northern Colorado.
Applicants must have permission from their clinic or department to assume role.

Nice To Haves

Experience in medical education and curriculum development
Experience working effectively with blended teams

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Clinical Care Director at CUSOM where appropriate.
Ensure adequate orientation including content, scheduling, assessment, grading, organization and course execution is delivered.
Ensure syllabi, course materials, schedules, and other content are of high quality, current, posted, easily accessible, and reflect the educational objectives and content being delivered.
Ensure appropriate course opportunities and availability to meet the needs of students.
Serve as a resource and communicate in a timely manner (generally within 2 business days) with students, administrative staff, and faculty.
Provide oversight of the curriculum with a focus on development and implementation of goals objectives, linking stated objectives to educational strategies and learner assessment.
Ensure all teaching faculty and students are aware and understand competencies and learning goals.
Ensure adherence to shared policies as developed by the curriculum committees and UME leadership.
Modify existing or develop new curricula or methods of delivery based on needs, changing LCME requirements, and as charged by curriculum oversight bodies.
Submit proposals for new elective courses.
Align course content to be comparable to its counterpart on other campuses where appropriate. This may require collaboration with faculty across campuses.
Track, monitor, assess, and identify areas for improvement with the goal of continuous quality improvement or as dictated by the curriculum oversight bodies.
With the assistance of the OME Office of Evaluation, Assessment and Research, evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum in achieving learning outcomes.
Review all course evaluations annually and provide individualized feedback to faculty aimed at development of an action plan for changes and improvement for the following academic year.
Provide data, descriptive information, and reports to communicate content, instructional methods, assessment, and outcomes to support overall UME program and to ensure compliance with LCME standards and other reporting requirements (e.g., Curriculum Inventory).
Set clear expectations for student performance to support competency-based grading
Develop a fair grading process and provide students with information on how grades are determined.
Support faculty in their grading and feedback process to ensure all students receive fair, and effective formative and summative assessments.
Collaborate with the OME Office of Evaluation, Assessment and Research to update assessment and evaluation tools annually and ensure that assessment results provided to students support their learning and on-going development.
Ensure all grades are submitted in a timely manner
Ensure early identification of students in academic or personal difficulty.
Serve as a resource when students with remediation needs are identified.
Refer all students with academic or personal difficulty to the leadership team.
Interface with personnel supervisors in the evaluation of support staff.
Ensure work is given to support staff prior to deadlines to allow adequate time for completion while recognizing competing responsibilities