Academic Program Manager

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Department Summary

UNT Health is one of the three higher education institutions within the University of North Texas (UNT) System alongside UNT at Denton and UNT at Dallas. The UNT System offers high-quality education to residents of the North Texas region including Fort Worth Dallas Denton and Frisco as well as students from other states. Named a top-tier medical school for primary care by U.S. News & World Report Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) is a leader in training physicians skilled in comprehensive primary care and rural medicine. More than 60% of TCOMs graduates practice primary care medicine helping reduce the shortage of physicians in our Texas communities.

The Department of Medical Education & Health Systems at TCOM is seeking to hire an Academic Program Manager who will provide support for the academic administration coordination implementation assessment and continuous improvement of TCOMs four-year Professional Identity and Health Systems Practice (PIHSP) curriculum.

Position Overview

This Academic Program Manager is responsible for the academic administration coordination implementation assessment and continuous improvement of TCOMs four-year Professional Identity and Health Systems Practice (PIHSP) curriculum. PIHSP is a longitudinal curriculum integrating professional identity formation with Health Systems Science and related competencies across Years 14 of medical school. The Academic Program Manager serves as a central operational resource for the Director of PIHSP Course Director of Health Systems Science Innovation and Leadership Chair of Medical Education and Health Systems Science PISHP course and section directors PIHSP senior academic program manager faculty staff students and curriculum leadership.

The Academic Program Manager coordinates PIHSP components including Ethics Health Systems Science Innovation Patient Safety Population and Public Health Interprofessional Education Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health Policy Health Informatics and Artificial Intelligence Emotional Intelligence leadership and other current and evolving PIHSP content. The employee ensures alignment of activities objectives assessments student experiences faculty responsibilities and curricular documentation across all four years.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree and four (4) years of related experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Excellent written verbal organizational communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage complex longitudinal medical education programs involving multiple faculty staff and student stakeholders.
• Knowledge of curriculum administration course coordination assessment processes and continuous quality improvement.
• Ability to organize analyze and report curriculum and assessment data and translate findings into actionable improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree.
• Experience working in medical education academic medicine or a specialized/advanced educational environment.
• Experience with longitudinal curriculum administration and curriculum mapping.
• Experience with Canvas and other electronic platforms such as Qualtrics SharePoint and related assessment or survey systems.
• Experience supporting Health Systems Science professional identity formation competency-based medical education or interprofessional education.

Job Duties

• Lead oversee and coordinate the day-to-day academic administration and longitudinal implementation of the Years 14 PIHSP curriculum in collaboration with the Course Director of PIHSP senior Academic Program Manager section directors faculty and staff ensuring curricular activities objectives learning experiences assessments and required student activities are appropriately scheduled implemented and documented.
• Develop and maintain the Years 14 PIHSP academic calendar and coordinate curricular scheduling and logistics in collaboration with Academic Program Managers and other curriculum stakeholders including reserving classrooms technology simulation and other instructional resources.
• Coordinate the development revision formatting submission and maintenance of PIHSP course and section syllabi and related curriculum documentation including session information faculty assignments student requirements assessment methods curriculum meeting decisions action items and implementation timelines ensuring accurate documentation for curriculum management.
• Create maintain and manage PIHSP Canvas course sites and electronic learning resources including Canvas Calendars modules assignments assessments announcements and other course materials ensuring alignment with PIHSP curricular requirements and schedules.
• Collaborate with Testing and Evaluation Services and other assessment partners to coordinate PIHSP assessment administration including quizzes assignments completion tracking gradebook management preliminary failure review and accurate and timely assessment reporting.
• Communicate and collaborate with students faculty staff and leadership to support PIHSP curriculum implementation responding to questions regarding requirements schedules assignments assessments Canvas issues and other routine curricular matters; escalating complex academic or policy matters to the appropriate faculty or administrator; and maintaining responsiveness professionalism confidentiality accuracy and high-quality customer service.
• Perform other duties related to PIHSP Health Systems Science curriculum administration and medical education as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Communicating with others to exchange information.

Environmental Hazards

• No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm occasional afterhours and weekends.

Driving University Vehicle

No

Security Sensitive

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.

Benefits

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EEO Statement

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit and takes actions to prevent discrimination harassment (including sexual violence domestic violence dating violence and stalking) and retaliation on the basis of race color religion national origin sex age disability genetic information or veteran status in its application employment practices and facilities; nor permits race color national origin religion age disability veteran status or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination harassment and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice file a charge or report or testify assist or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.