Job Information
Washington State University Vice Chair Psychiatry College of Medicine in Pullman, Washington
Vice Chair Psychiatry College of Medicine
Available Title(s):
164-NNFACULTY - Clinical Assistant Professor - Career, 165-NNFACULTY - Clinical Associate Professor - Career, 166-NN_FACULTY - Clinical Professor - Career
Business Title:
Vice Chair Psychiatry | College of Medicine
Employee Type:
Faculty
Time Type:
Part time
Position Term:
12 Month
Position Details:
The Vice Chair for Psychiatry reports to the Chair of the Department of Medical Education & Clinical Sciences (DMECS). The incumbent is responsible for serving as the thought leader for the college as it pertains to the development, design, coordination, and implementation of the curriculum in their respective specialty.
The incumbent is expected to foster a positive and inclusive academic environment for learners and faculty alike. Additionally, the incumbent helps to assure comparability of educational experiences and equivalency of learner assessment across campuses. The Vice Chair will collaborate with college leadership to ensure specialty integration across the continuum of medical education, clinical practice, and scholarship.
The incumbent will also collaborate with stakeholders to create clinical education experiences where such experiences will add significant value to learning and competency.
The position will allow for flexibility to accommodate the incumbent's clinical activities with a mutually agreed upon FTE. This is a Career track role in the Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences with an academic rank commensurate with qualifications.
The incumbent may be based at any of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Clinical Campuses in WA State such as Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver or Everett.
Essential Functions | 95%
Vertically and horizontally integrate the curricular and assessment framework for Psychiatry across the four years of the MD Program, at the direction of and in partnership with the Associate Dean for Curriculum (ADC) and the Associate Dean for Assessment, Evaluation and Curriculum Management (ADAEC). Within the domain of Specialty, this includes but is not limited to:
• Developing learning objectives, activities, and assessment methodologies to assure the MD program goals/outcomes defined by the curriculum committee are met.
• Ensuring continuity and integration across the 4-year curriculum, including appropriate spiraling of content, use of the full spectrum of learning modalities, and assessment alignment with developmental milestones.
• Developing and/or reviewing assessment methodologies when requested.
• Assisting, as needed, in advising students who are having difficulty achieving expected learning outcomes and work with faculty in the formulation of targeted skills development and remediation plans.
• Participating in the design, development, and approval of elective experiences in the respective clinical area.
• Participating in medical student teaching of the medical curriculum for all years.
• In collaboration with the Curriculum Committee and its subcommittees, monitor course and program evaluations, and aggregate student performance, to assure high quality experiences and learning outcomes.
• Leading (co-leading) courses as required.
• Participating in and/or leading specific tasks or activities as required by the MD Program.
Assure quality and comparability at every campus, in partnership with Associate Deans for Clinical Education (ADCE), Associate Dean for Faculty Development (ADFD), ADC and ADAEC. Within the domai