Assistant Clerkship Director, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Overview

Quinnipiac University’s School of Medicine invites applications for a part‑time Assistant Clerkship Director in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

This is an exciting opportunity for an educator‑clinician who is passionate about medical education and shaping the next generation of physicians. The Assistant Clerkship Director partners closely with the Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship Director to support and enhance the educational experience of medical students across multiple clinical practice sites.

In this role, you will contribute to the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of the OB/GYN clerkship while helping to strengthen both vertical integration across all four years of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine curriculum and horizontal integration within the third‑year clerkship experience.

This is a 0.20 FTE, part‑time position and is not benefit‑eligible.

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North Haven, CT

• Supporting oversight of clerkship operations and clinical site coordination.
• Enhancing curriculum quality, consistency, and learner outcomes.
• Collaborating with faculty and clinical partners to ensure a high‑quality student experience.
• Contributing to curricular innovation and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Creation and implementation of a curriculum consistent with specialty specific national guidelines and Netter OBGYN clerkship learning objectives mapped to assessments and the Netter Medical Educational Program Objectives for the OBGYN curriculum for third year medical students.
• Participate in teaching medical students and recruiting faculty members to teach in your specialty.
• Identify and recruit faculty to provide clinical supervision, education, and advising.

• Ensure that all clinical education occurs in a positive educational learning environment where students and faculty interact in a professional, ethical, safe and respectful environment climate. Report any learning environment concerns to the Senior Associate Dean for Education, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and the Council on Curriculum Oversight’s (CCO) Learning Environment Subcommittee.
• Maintain active communication with lead clinicians at all clinical sites. Schedule regular visits to those sites and faculty development sessions to ensure that learning experiences, teaching quality, supervision, learning climate, facilities, and assessment are appropriate and comparable for students across all sites.
• Ensure faculty at all sites are familiar with the clerkship learning objectives, the Netter Educational Program Objectives, and the clerkship assessment tools. Organize and lead quarterly meetings with site directors at affiliated hospitals to ensure uniformity of clinical experiences and student evaluation across sites.
• Contribute to the educational development of the clinical faculty in conjunction with the Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Provide recommendations for further faculty development based on the needs of the clinical faculty in their discipline.

• Ensure that mid‑clerkship formative assessments occur for all students on your clerkship including providing aggregate feedback or identifying the site‑specific faculty member to provide aggregate feedback and monitoring students’ completion of clerkship requirements. Evaluate the quality of mid‑clerkship formative assessment, ensuring its usefulness and comparability for students across all sites.
• Collaborate with Senior Director for Accreditation, Measurement and Educational Scholarship on selection of assessment methods and design of grading rubrics, and implement these tools once approved by the CCO.
• Ensure timely completion of final grades for each student, including writing a summative narrative statement.

• Identify students with academic difficulty in a timely manner and bring them to the attention of the Associate Dean of Student Affairs at both mid‑cycle and at time of final evaluation. Provide additional academic support to struggling or remediating students.

• Monitor clerkship performance metrics including learning…