Educational Specialist, Assessments & Curriculum - School of Medicine, Office of Medical Education

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The Program Coordinator duties involve organizing, coordinating, and planning operational facets of a program and its related activities. Responsibilities include establishing long‑term operational objectives, researching factors that may impact the success of the program, and collaborating with individuals or groups to research and document program requirements to provide appropriate input into the development of strategic plans.

• Develop work plans to accomplish program goals and objectives and monitor progress toward their achievement.
• Conduct research and gather information to develop various publications.
• Develop promotional materials, which may include content for reports, briefings, newsletters, grants, or other written information related to the program.
• Assist in developing and coordinating program‑related conferences, conventions, or meetings.
• Monitor expenditures and may participate in the budget planning process and prepare financial reports.
• May assist in identifying funding resources and developing fundraising strategies and initiatives.
• Prepare operational and statistical reports.
• Conduct training, represent the program at meetings and conferences, and network with affiliated groups. May supervise assigned project staff, interns and/or volunteers.
• Perform related responsibilities as required.

• Oversight of assessment activities for School of Medicine MD program.
• Generate exams for course directors and faculty for the MD program.
• Exam Soft, Grade scope, NBME, and Aquifer liaison for faculty, staff, and students.
• Manage processes related to Tableau resources.
• Responsible for developing/designing assessment dashboard across MD curriculum.
• Serve as co‑administrator for Service Now ticket system with Educational Analyst.
• Manage processes related to tracking assessments across the MD program, grades compliance, data management, and communicate updates and deadlines for assessments/grading.
• Responsible for systematic collection of data, data analysis/management, and data display tools.
• Support course directors, faculty, staff, and students during student assessment.
• Collaborate with IT to ensure that examinations and assessments are organized and administered efficiently.
• Coordinate with IT tech support for technical and operational assistance related to end‑user testing events by ensuring the training environment is up to date with current functionality.
• Schedule rooms for assessments and create/distribute assessment schedule.
• USMLE Step Score Tracking for MD program.
• Manage processes related to Scholar Tableau resources.
• Recruiting of graders and managing grading process.
• Process assessment related expenses, payments, and payroll.

• Serve as back‑up for maintaining the school’s calendaring platform for the MD program.
• Back‑up for the Service Now Ticket System.
• Serve as back‑up for Program Evaluation.
• Works closely with the Medical Education Deans and Evaluations & Assessment Team to ensure close alignment of evaluations and assessment with the curriculum as it continues to evolve.

• Committee support for the Student Assessment subcommittee of the Executive Curriculum Committee.
• Coordinate logistics and documentation of the Student Assessment subcommittee activities.
• Will be a non‑voting member of the Student Assessment subcommittee.

As a member of the medical education team within the Office of Medical Education and Student Affairs (OMESA), this position will assist in coordinating and working in events such as:

• White Coat Ceremony
• Orientation
• Medical Education Day
• Research Day
• Match Day
• Graduation
• Other events, as necessary

• Bachelor’s degree in a field related to the program.
• Two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination…