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Job Summary

As a member of the Dean\'s Executive Leadership Team, The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs will provide administrative leadership for the engineering-based medical curriculum. Responsibilities of the position include curriculum development and implementation, assessment of students\' progress within the case-driven, problem-based, active-learning curriculum, as well as faculty effectiveness and curriculum evaluation in compliance with Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) standards. The Associate Dean will report directly to the Executive Vice Dean, Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Provide primary leadership and oversight to the college\'s undergraduate medical education program, including all aspects of the program\'s curriculum and its delivery.

Facilitate the planning, administration, evaluation, and continuous improvement of all academic programs of the college including integration of simulation within the curriculum; oversee compliance with any relevant LCME standards related to academic affairs.

Provide oversight over development and operations of current and future graduate programs, degrees, and certificates, as well as future health education (potentially including graduate nursing (i.e. CRNA and Nurse Practitioner programs) and health care worker training programs) and future graduate medical education residency programming that falls under the jurisdiction of the college of medicine.

Collaborate with course and clerkship directors, faculty, department heads, and professional staff to lead and evaluate modifications to the curriculum. Continuously evaluate and improve the curriculum in terms of needs assessment, instructional content and methods, student assessment, and course evaluation as these processes relate to horizontal and vertical integration and educational principles such as active learning, and independent and self-directed learning.

Collaborate with members of the college Senior Operations Leadership Team to recommend, establish, implement and maintain policies, procedures, budgets, and staffing to facilitate an excellent engineering-based medical curriculum.

Foster diversity in the faculty, staff, and student ranks; support and encourage positive inter-professional relationships bridging the college\'s private/public organization and its missions.

Cultivate positive relationships with Carle Heath physicians and other community health partners and support unique college partnerships with industry or other business partners and foundations.

Collaborate with the Faculty Executive Committee, Curriculum Oversight Committee, Diversity Committee, Executive Leadership Team, the Dean, and the Executive Associate Dean and the Chief of Staff on issues related to strategic planning and goals.

Develop, promote and mentor innovative teaching methods affiliated with the Carle Illinois College of Medicine\'s engineering-based medical curriculum.

Continue to develop the status of Carle Illinois as a progressive medical school by supporting excellence in medical education research. Provide leadership to faculty, staff, and students regarding the appropriate design, data collection, and reporting of medical education research.

Provide leadership in the LCME self-study development, coordinate information to be shared with college stakeholders related to continued accreditation of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

Administr tive Leadership for the Office of Academic Affairs

Oversee and provide guidance to unit leaders including, Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Director of Foundational Sciences, Director of Clinical Education, Director of Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship, Director of Graduate Programs, and Director of Curricular Operations.

Provide guidance to the Director of Medical Simulation and Education and oversee simulation integration into the educational curriculum.

Oversee development of goals, assignment of specific responsibilities and projects, and evaluation of personnel in employment categories other than faculty within the Associate Dean\'s portfolio to ensure duties are performed consistent with LCME and college standards.

Working with academic department leadership, and as appropriate, participate in the hiring, training and development, and review/evaluation of college teaching faculty.

Oversee assessments, including student progress, curriculum content and delivery, and faculty effectiveness, to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for operational effectiveness.

Oversee development of curriculum schedules.

Collaborate with the Associate Dean for Finance and Administration