Physician Assistant Director of Curriculum Innovation and Evaluation

Position Overview

Physician Assistant Director of Curriculum Innovation and Evaluation

This in-person position reports to the Program Director and is responsible for overseeing curriculum development and implementation, teaching methodologies, and data management, analysis, and reporting to comply with ARC-PA, PAEA, and regional accreditation standards. The Director of Curriculum Innovation and Evaluation is a key member of the leadership team supporting curricular, assessment, and instructional aspects of the Physician Assistant Program. Initial duties include ongoing preparation for ARC-PA provisional accreditation site visits.

The role includes teaching, scholarship, academic advising, service, admissions, and professional activities. This is a non-tenure track position, eligible for multi-year appointment. The Director operates within MSM’s framework of lifelong learning through innovative teaching, learner-centered curricula, collaborative scholarship, and clinical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Support program director with accreditation documentation and problem-solving related to the didactic and clinical curriculum.
• Identify and support the implementation of innovative medical education pedagogies and methodologies.
• Review, revise, and assist in the development of programmatic instruments including reports and surveys.
• Assist in developing a semester-by-semester ongoing analysis of outcome assessment for core didactic and clinical courses in concert with MSM Office of Educational Outcomes and core PA didactic faculty.
• Assist in the implementation, review and evaluation of ongoing curriculum evaluation to maintain program expectations and support accreditation compliance.
• Assist in a comprehensive evaluation process for the PA program, ensuring valid and reliable measures to assess student achievement of program objectives/competencies, course reviews, faculty teaching and programmatic effectiveness.
• Obtain and utilize data from internal and external benchmarking, research findings and outcomes data.
• Assist in admission, success, remediation, and retention of PA students during the didactic and clinical training.
• Teach, evaluate, and advise didactic and clinical PA students.
• Serve on committees related to education and curriculum and act as a resource to other committees as necessary.
• Engage regularly with students or student representatives to provide a participatory forum for educational issues and ongoing feedback.
• Monitor and report regional, national and international trends in PA education.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the program director or designee.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrate leadership and management abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to social justice and values-driven curricula.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collect and manage data to track performance outcomes for comparable educational experiences.
• Strong collaboration, team building, and conflict resolution skills.
• Strategically prioritize resources necessary for program support.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an ARC-PA accredited physician assistant program.
• Master’s degree or higher (doctorate preferred).
• Current NCCPA certification and eligible for licensure in Georgia.
• Demonstrated commitment to MSM’s mission to lead the creation and advancement of health equity.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively in complex interdisciplinary and interprofessional settings.
• Ability to engage, support and lead diverse groups.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in clinical or classroom instruction.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a physician assistant.
• Expertise in pedagogy, learning and assessment, and knowledge of current trends in PA education.
• Proven success in working with faculty, administrators, students and staff within a higher education setting.
• Passion for and commitment to PA education to optimize patient outcomes.
• Non-PA Faculty Candidates:
  In lieu of PA teaching experience and PA certification, candidates must demonstrate clinical or classroom teaching in the specified field of study.

Preferred Qualifications

• As applicable, preferred qualifications beyond the minimum listed above.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Higher Education

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