The clerkship director oversees the discipline-specific
activities for the clerkship phase of the curriculum as well as the
individualization phase of the curriculum, including the required core
clerkships, required experiences (e.g. sub-internships) in the
individualization phase, and elective experiences. Responsibilities include
assuring appropriate student supervision and comparability of student
experience and clinical encounters across sites, as well as overseeing
completion of student assessment by faculty preceptors. The clerkship director
will serve as a member of the Clerkship Phase Subcommittee and the
Individualization Phase Subcommittees of the Curriculum Committee . Regular
attendance at the monthly clerkship directors’ meetings, and previous stated
curriculum committees is critical to this position.

Competencies and Expectations

• Maintain
  board certification (or board eligibility, if appropriate) through the
  appropriate specialty board.
• Understand
  school-wide educational goals for students as outlined in student
  handbooks.
• Communicate specific curricular goals of the respective department and
  FCoM, as a whole, clearly to students and faculty.
• Manage
  a program with appropriate administrative skills, including scheduling for
  students and faculty.
• Achieve
  and demonstrate consistency in curriculum and learner assessment across
  multiple clinical sites.
• Manage
  a credible, consistent, and fair process of student assessment and grading
  that will meet legal and accreditation standards and be completed in a
  timely manner in collaboration with the Offices of Medical Education (OME)
  and Student Affairs (OSAD).
• Provide
  feedback to individual students and faculty in a skilled manner.
• Analyze
  multiple sources of program evaluation data (e.g. student evaluations,
  experience and procedure reports, etc.) to effect continuous educational
  quality improvement.
• Collaborate
  with other educational leaders to continually improve the education
  program.
• Assist
  in the development and implementation of remediation for students who do
  not successfully pass the clerkship.
• Provide
  skilled career counseling that includes knowledge of residency programs in
  specialty.
• Demonstrate
  excellent interpersonal and leadership skills with students and faculty.
• Advise
  the department chair and leaders of medical student education on
  educational policy and strategic planning, with attention to anticipated
  changes in resources and community/societal needs

Expected Productivity

Administration

• Regular
  communication with department curriculum assistants regarding schedules
  and rotation requirements.
• Regular
  communication with and supervision of key departmental faculty at each
  clinical site.
• Regular
  reports to the respective department on curricular issues, faculty
  contributions, adequacy of patient load for each clerkship site, and
  student performance.
• Letters
  of recommendation as requested for students applying to residency
  programs.
• Regular
  attendance (75%) at all required curriculum meetings and department
  meetings.
• Attendance
  at annual FCoM education retreats.
• Meeting
  with each clinical site at least annually.

Curriculum

•  Annual
  revision of the discipline-specific core curriculum.
• Assure
  appropriate student completion of experience and procedure logs and report
  of the adequacy of patient load for each clerkship and/or rotation.
• Periodic
  review of NBME subject examination scores upon release to assure content
  mastery.

Assessment

•  Timely
  reporting of grades including narrative comments regarding goals achieved,
  strengths, and areas for continuing work.
• Appropriate
  communication regarding students with academic difficulty, including
  referral to the Student Affairs and the student promotions committee if
  warranted.

Assigned Pillar 2 LIC Students

•  Regular
  contact with the assigned students via email, phone, or face-to-face
  meetings.
• Timely
  review of student files prior to or at each meeting. If faculty assessment
  data is incomplete, the clerkship director should reach out to the faculty
  in their department to complete student assessments.
• Review
  of student experience and procedure log data prior to or at each meeting.
  If student log data is incomplete, the clerkship director will contact the
  student to complete entries.
• Periodic
  competency-based formative feedback to each assigned student.
• Taking
  a clerkship student(s) is expected, on average, twice over the course of
  the academic year.

Expected Time Commitment
The clerkship director’s position is a 50% FTE or five full half-days per week
position, assuming the director is also serving in the beginning providing not
only the requirements described above but also building up the curriculum for
the clerkship phase and individualization phase of the curriculum. 

The above statements describe the job’s essential responsibilities and requirements. They are not an exhaustive list of the duties that may be assigned to job incumbents.