Full Professor)

Florida Atlantic University•Boca Raton, FL

About The Position

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative physician educator to serve as Director of the Year 3 Curriculum. This faculty leadership position provides strategic oversight, administration, implementation, and continuous quality improvement of the third-year medical student curriculum across affiliated clinical learning environments. The position reports to the Department Chair, with a dotted line to the Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum, and works closely with the Associate Dean for Medical Education, clerkship directors, clinical site leadership, faculty, and administrative staff to provide a cohesive, high-quality educational experience aligned with accreditation standards, institutional priorities, and best practices in medical education. In addition to educational leadership, the successful candidate will maintain a clinical practice, contribute to pre-clinical and clinical curriculum teaching, and engage in scholarly and service activities consistent with faculty expectations.

Requirements

MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree.
Board certification in an ABMS- or AOA-recognized specialty.
Eligibility for unrestricted medical licensure in Florida.
Academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, or qualifications sufficient for appointment at one of these ranks.
At least three years of experience teaching medical students in undergraduate medical education.
Experience working collaboratively with faculty, learners, and healthcare system partners.
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

Five or more years of leadership experience in undergraduate medical education.
Demonstrated medical education leadership, such as serving as a clerkship director, course director, assistant or associate dean, residency leader, or in a similar role.
Experience overseeing clinical clerkships, particularly Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs), or multi-site educational programs.
Demonstrated success in curriculum development, assessment, program evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
Experience with LCME accreditation standards and self-study processes.
A record of educational scholarship, presentations, publications, or grant activity.
Experience recruiting and developing clinical faculty and educational partnerships.
Experience leading competency-based assessment initiatives.
Experience working within a distributed clinical campus model.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and oversight of the Year 3 Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) curriculum across clinical training sites.
Collaborate with clinical site teams and stakeholders to foster communication, engagement, and partnerships.
Assist with planning, developing, implementing, and continually improving clerkship learning objectives, curriculum content, instructional methods, and assessment strategies.
Co-direct the Synthesis and Transition Course to prepare students for advanced clinical training.
Partner with clerkship directors and interdisciplinary faculty leaders to develop and deliver the Year 3 Academic Half-Day curriculum.
Assist with administration of the Year 3 Lottery process for rising third-year medical students.
Organize and conduct annual curricular events, including Visioning Night for rising fourth-year students.
Ensure comparable, high-quality educational experiences and learning environments across affiliated clinical sites.
Identify and develop new clinical training sites.
Collaborate with the Director of Institutional Competency Assessment and the Director of Professional Education Simulation Center on Year 3 competency-based assessment activities.
Chair monthly Clerkship Director meetings and other curriculum oversight meetings as needed to address student performance, curricular quality, and operational issues.
Monitor curricular outcomes, student performance data, and accreditation-related metrics to support continuous quality improvement.
Participate in LCME accreditation activities, annual program evaluation, and curriculum governance.
Maintain an active clinical practice in the candidate's specialty.
Serve as a clinical role model and educator for medical students and other learners.
Support development of clinical training opportunities within affiliated healthcare systems.
Contribute to pre-clinical and clinical curriculum teaching, including lectures, small-group facilitation, case-based learning, clinical skills instruction, assessment, and curriculum development as assigned.
Collaborate with course directors and educational leaders to promote curriculum integration.
Contribute to educational scholarship, curriculum innovation, faculty development, and dissemination of scholarly work.
Participate in research and/or scholarship in the clinical specialty or area of expertise.
Participate in college, university, and professional service activities.
Engage in regional and national medical education organizations and professional societies.