Director of Research Distinction Track in Medical Education

The Office of Medical Education ( OME) is strongly committed to excellence in all aspects of the physician training process. We work closely with our basic science and clinical departments as well as with all administrative units within the medical school to maximize the achievement of our students, and to support our teaching faculty in delivering a curriculum that emphasizes the science and art of medicine. OME is committed to working collectively with the faculty and administration to maintain a learning environment that values every student and facilitates the achievement of their educational goals, including their ability to lead and serve in communities across North Carolina. OME supports the teaching faculty and others in the process of providing an accredited program of undergraduate medical education leading to the MD degree and OME provides leadership in curriculum development, program evaluation, student assessment and medical education research and scholarship.

Brody School of Medicine Distinction Track Program is searching for a Director of Research Distinction Track in Medical Education. This is an "Internal Posting", open only to applicants currently employed by East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, and will be a part-time (.10 FTE/10%) reassignment of time for a Brody School of Medicine faculty member.

The RDT allows students to pursue clinical, basic science and/or translational research to characterize the mechanisms of diseases and discover new therapies to improve health. The Director will run the Distinction Track's 8-week summer immersion program, Summer Scholars Research Program ( SSRP). Following completion of SSRP, interested students will apply and be selected to participate in the full longitudinal RDT. Graduates from this program are better prepared for careers as clinician scientists and will have also undergone leadership training teaching them to work well with and mentor others. Participants who successfully complete the entirety of the longitudinal RDT will graduate medical school with a Distinction in Research.

Duties will include:
1. Develop and innovative curricula specific to the RDT curriculum. This includes the Summer Scholars Research Program ( SSRP, the 8-week summer immersion program), M2, M3 and M4 progress meetings for students selected for the RDT, and the M4 capstone course.
2. Participate in RDT application, interview, and selection process.
3. Assist in identifying mentors for the SSRP and RDT program summer research and longitudinal research projects and facilitate this interaction as needed.
4. Assist other faculty and staff with the planning and implementation of the annual Medical Student Scholarship Day.
5. Establish measurable goals and objectives for each program year ( SSRP, M2, M3, M4, and Capstone).
6. Identify and evaluate materials that support the curriculum such as learning experiences, assignments, reading materials, videos, or online resources.
7. Recruit and develop faculty for delivery, facilitating, and/or precepting educational content as needed.
8. Collaborate with other DT program leadership and administration to plan and implement annual events (i.e. Medical Student Scholarship Forum, Interest Meeting, Orientation, Capstone).
9. Provide oversight of the course site within the BSOM learning management system ( LMS) to ensure content is complete and consistent with the ECC approved LCME Compliant LMS Template and made available in a timely fashion to students.
10. Assess student performance and provide formative feedback related to their performance and participation in the Research Distinction Track.
11. Lead regularly scheduled student progress meetings.
12. Develop and track programmatic outcomes linked to program objectives.
13. Monitor status of each research project assigned to students while providing continuous and timely feedback to student about research design and outcomes and identify alternative research options if their initial project assignment requires an alternative plan for any reason.
14. Implement routine evaluation measures to ensure educational quality improvement standards and respond to student feedback.
15. Collaborate with other distinction track leaders and administration to design and implement common educational sessions and policies related to the Brody School of Medicine Distinction Tracks.
16. Attend all required distinction track leadership retreats and meetings - including any meetings required to decide on potential dismissal of students from the distinction track program as per the current standard operating procedure.
17. Assist in the facilitation and implementation of Distinction Track program recruitment (i.e. Interest Meeting).
18. Advise students in professional/career/longitudinal project development.
19. Provide continuous feedback to students by grading assignments and reports in a timely manner.
20. Complete student elective course evaluations to confirm students are meeting the expectations.
21. Compile annual programmatic reports that include requested data include the following: publications submitted with student involvement related to SSRP and RDT; conferences and meetings where this work was presented; database of all SSRP and RDT participants, their projects and their mentors.
22. Provide continued guidance to students and faculty mentors on acquiring all regulatory approvals for proposed projects, gaining access to the electronic health record and to research spaces
23. Provide assistance and support to mentors for developing Institutional Review Board ( IRB) submission as needed for each student-faculty pairing
24. Monitor status of each research project assigned to students and identify alternative research options if their initial project assignment requires an alternative plan for any reason.

Contingent upon availability of funding.

-Current Brody School of Medicine Faculty member.
-MD, DO, or PhD from an appropriately accredited institution or completed foreign medical education accepted and recognized for ECFMG Certification
-For MD/DO - NC Medical license; board certified in appropriate discipline; teaching experience in a clinical academic setting
-Demonstrable research experience including practical understanding of: IRB submission; developing a clinical research question; effective searching and critical appraisal of the medical literature; basic statistical analysis; writing and submitting research abstracts and manuscripts and presenting research results

For MD/DO-
Full, unencumbered license to practice medicine in North Carolina
Full schedule DEA Registration Certificate
Credentialing with ECU Physicians

-Curricular leadership experience

-Publication records appropriate for current rank

-History of research funding

-Successful mentoring track record

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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