Associate Program Director - Laredo Family Medicine

University of the Incarnate Word, United States

Updated: about 1 month ago
Location: San Antonio, TEXAS
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: ;

Position Details
Position Information


Position Title Associate Program Director - Laredo Family Medicine
UIW Mission
University of the Incarnate Word is a Catholic institution that welcomes to its community persons of diverse backgrounds, in the belief that their respectful interaction advances the discovery of truth, mutual understanding, self-realization, and the common good.
Position Summary
The University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (UIWSOM) educates aspiring physicians to be justice-minded, global citizens using a community-based, distributed model of education, which fosters inclusion, discovery and innovation. The UIWSOM Office of Graduate Medical Education and the Texas Institute for Graduate Medical Education and Research (TIGMER).
The UIWSOM invites applications for a part-time family physician to become the Family Medicine residency associate program director to work closely with the Office of Graduate Medical Education and affiliated clinical sites. The successful applicant will direct the development of curriculum and rotations and ensure compliance with accrediting bodies and will assist the program director in fulfilling the requirements of accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). This part-time position will be 0.2-0.3 full time equivalent (FTE) and will to the program director and the UIWSOM Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education.
This position is considered a “Responsible Employee” under Title IX federal regulations and “Mandatory Reporter” under Texas state law and the UIW Sexual Misconduct Policy. As a Mandatory Reporter, this position requires you, as the employee, to promptly report any incident that you witness or receive information about Title IX violations. These reporting responsibilities are set out in the UIW Sexual Misconduct Policy
Benefits
Essential Functions
  • Provide or ensure the provision of specialty specific level-appropriate education of residents in the residency program, ensuring that such education adequately prepares residents (in conjunction with their own studying), for the specialty board exams as well as for active clinical practice as manifest by passing rates at or near 100%.
  • Assist in the recruitment, interviewing, selection, matching, and onboarding of residents for the residency program.
  • Ensure the quality of care provided by residents in the program is of the highest caliber, and that lapses in quality are appropriately investigated, resolved, and used to improve processes and education.
  • Work with other program directors to ensure efficient and effective use of resources including conference space, call space, administrative help, etc.
  • Provide supervision for residency coordinator and/or other staff.
  • Participate in designing faculty development programs, curricular support, direct education, scholarly activity and community engagement with physicians and hospital administrators.
  • Assist with the coordination and supervision of UIWSOM medical students at the clinical institution working with the residents.
  • Provide didactic instruction for residents as assigned.
  • Participate in the Residency Advisory Committee, Clinical Competency Committee, and Program Review Committee and other committees as assigned.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications


Knowledge Skills and Abilities
  • Role model of professionalism.
  • Enthusiastic and optimistic outlook on life
  • Passion for and commitment to graduate medical education for purposes of optimizing patient outcomes, particularly vulnerable and marginalized patient populations.
  • Strong interpersonal skills (i.e., active listening, teamwork, dependability, flexibility, patience).
  • Strong verbal/written communication skills.
  • Ability to collect and manage data to track performance outcomes to ensure comparable educational experiences.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with administration, staff, peers and full-time and community-based faculty.
  • Strong collaboration, team building, and conflict resolution skills.
  • Ability to operate within the UIWSOM framework of lifelong learning through collaborative scholarship, innovative educational excellence and learner-centered curricula.
  • Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish.
  • Work with Associate Dean and staff to prioritize resources necessary for program support.
  • Employee shall adhere to all applicable rules and regulations of the University, the Conference, and the NCAA.
Required Education
DO or MD degree from an accredited U.S. medical school.
Required Work Experience
  • Two years’ experience on faculty of residency program.
  • Strong general computer and organizational skills.
Preferred Qualifications
None specified.
Required Certifications, Licenses or Registrations
  • Unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state of Texas.
  • Board certification in Family Medicine.
Work Hours
16-24 hours for the administration of the program.
Physical Demands
None specified.

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