The Transition to Residency (TTR) Course Director and Career Advising Director leads to the development and implementation of the final-phase course that prepares students for the demands of residency training. This includes designing didactic and simulation-based sessions on topics such as advanced clinical decision-making, patient handoffs, time management, wellness, and interprofessional communication. The director oversees the development of a formal TTR course, coordinates with residency program directors to ensure readiness for postgraduate training and provides structured mentorship in specialty selection and career planning. As Career Advisor Director, this individual integrates personal advising, residency application preparation, and interview readiness programming to support student success in the Match process.

The clerkship director will serve as a member of the Individualization Phase Subcommittees of the Curriculum Committee. Regular attendance at the monthly clerkship directors’ meetings, and previous stated curriculum committees is critical to this position.

Competencies and Expectations

Maintain board certification (or board eligibility, if appropriate) through the appropriate specialty board.Understand school-wide educational goals for students as outlined in student handbooks.Communicate specific curricular goals of the respective department and FCoM clearly to students and faculty.Manage a program with appropriate administrative skills, including scheduling for students and faculty.Achieve and demonstrate consistency in curriculum and learner assessment across multiple clinical sites.Manage a credible, consistent, and fair process of student assessment and grading that will meet legal and accreditation standards and be completed in a timely manner in collaboration with the Offices of Medical Education (OME) and the Office of Student Affairs and Belonging (OSAB).Provide feedback to individual students and faculty in a skilled manner.Analyze multiple sources of program evaluation data (e.g. student evaluations, experience and procedure reports, etc.) to effect continuous educational quality improvement.Collaborate with other educational leaders to continually improve the education program.Assist in the development and implementation of remediation for students who do not successfully pass the clerkship.Provide skilled career counseling that includes knowledge of residency programs in specialty.Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and leadership skills with students and faculty.Advise the department chair and leaders of medical student education on educational policy and strategic planning, with attention to anticipated changes in resources and community/societal needs.

EXPECTED PRODUCTIVITY: 

Administration

Regular communication with department/curriculum support regarding schedules and rotation requirements.Regular communication with and supervision of key departmental faculty at each clinical site.Regular reports to the respective departments on curricular issues, faculty contributions, adequacy of patient load for each clerkship site, and student performance.Letters of recommendation as requested for students applying to residency programs.Regular attendance (75%) at all required curriculum meetings and department meetings.Attendance at annual FCoM education retreats.Meeting with each clinical site at least annually.

Curriculum

Annual revision of the discipline-specific core curriculum.Assure appropriate student completion of experience and procedure logs and report of the adequacy of patient load for each clerkship and/or rotation.Periodic review of NBME subject examination scores upon release to assure content mastery.

Assessment

Timely reporting of grades including narrative comments regarding goals achieved, strengths, and areas for continuing work.Appropriate communication regarding students with academic difficulty, including referral to the Student Affairs and the student promotions committee if warranted.

EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT

 The clerkship director’s position is a 50% FTE or five full half-days per week position, assuming the director is also serving in the beginning, providing not only the requirements described above but also building up the curriculum for the Clerkship Phase and Individualization Phase of the curriculum.