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The Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education (GME), Technology, and Program Development - Vallejo Campus serves as an academic, administrative, and public relations liaison for Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine (TUCOM). The Assistant Dean will be responsible for assisting the Associate Dean for GME, Technology, and Program Development with development of clinical undergraduate and graduate medical education programs.  This physician will be involved in developing, expanding, and maintaining student, intern, and resident teaching programs at all current and future training sites.  This is a full-time position and the Assistant Dean for Program Development and GME must dedicate 70-90% of his or her professional effort to these strategic and administrative activities.

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• The Assistant Dean for GME, Technology, and Program Development is responsible for assisting the Associate Dean in the development of GME programs, and  supporting TUCOM Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) programs..
• Aide in the development, implementation, operation and assessment for GME programs and supporting UME programs.
• Assist in oversight and monitoring of GME programs.
• Regularly participate in strategic and operational discussions with the University's educational and clinical partners as directed by the associate dean.
• Recruitment of physician preceptors at current and future affiliated sites under the direction of the Associate Dean.
• Serve as the Associate Dean's designated GME liaison between the College and the affiliated Academic Medical Centers and teaching centers when required.
• Participate, when requested, as a university representative on appropriate UME and GME committees.
• Attend, when directed, clinical faculty development courses and programs.
• Assist in the development of new academic affiliations and the development of undergraduate and graduate medical education programs.
• Develop and maintain strong hospital and ambulatory clinical teaching site relationships.
• Assist in maintaining provider relations at hospital and ambulatory clinical teaching sites.
• Assist in monitoring the academic performance of clinical teaching programs.
• Review evaluations of faculty and programs and, in collaboration with the Associate Dean for Clinical Education and other Regional Assistant Deans, develop and implement an appropriate plan of action in response to any needs or deficiencies.
• Serve as an expert advisor to GME program directors, department chairs, college and hospital leadership on various policies and procedures such as resident selection, faculty selection, performance evaluation, advancement, supervision and disciplinary actions for TUCOM students and post-graduate physicians.
• Represent and advocate for TUCOM and TUCOM's curriculum, and represent the school's position and policies at clinical training sites.
• Ensure that all supervised employees are motivated and guided to contribute fully to the realization of TUCOM's mission, vision, goals, and objectives.
• Develop an oversight of budgetary functions as needed.
• Along with the DIO and Program Directors, participate in the development and maintenance of healthy clinical learning environments at Academic Medical Centers and teaching centers.
• Attend to other related duties as assigned by the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Program Development, Senior Associate Dean, and Dean for TUCOM.

Technology Responsibilities

• Embrace emerging technologies in medical education and interprofessional healthcare ethically by educating learners early to use technology tools with ease, enhancing their educational experience and elevating skillsets by equipping learners with technology tools to be cutting edge competitive and leaders in their chosen healthcare field.
• Lead initiatives in virtual learning, artificial intelligence (AI), telehealth, and simulation technologies for graduate medical education.
• Ensure alignment of technology investments with Graduate Medical Education, ACGME requirement support for partners, and competency-based education models.
• Work with faculty and curriculum committees to integrate technology into pre-clinical and clinical training programs.
• Support and advise on technology access to secure, user-friendly educational platforms that support Graduate Medical Education.
• Promote the use of health informatics, AI, and machine learning in medical research and academic medicine including adoption into UME and GME.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES (if applicable): should reflect who the employee is supervising and what the expectations are.

Residents, Interns and Medical Students

• Current California Medical Licensure (D.O. or M.D.) and appropriate medical staff appointment.
• Completion of an ACGME or AOA-approved internship or residency.
• AOA or ABMS Board Certification is required or Board Eligibility with plans to receive board certification within 2 years of hire.
• Highly recommended to have prior participation in undergraduate and/or graduate medical education, and GME administrative experience prior to appointment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Current driver's license.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Ability to be insured by malpractice at reasonable and customary rates.
• Excellent communicator (verbal, written, and public speaking).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, effectively using diplomacy and tact essential.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Must be self-motivated, self-disciplined, and have a strong work ethic.
• Detail oriented, including excellent follow through skills essential.
• Capable of balancing multiple projects in stressful situations while meeting deadlines, achieving desired results, and maintaining positive relations.
• Demonstrated competence in designing and conducting training programs, resulting in positive feedback and enhanced learning.
• Familiarity with distance learning.
• Hands on computer proficiencies with programs such as Microsoft office.
• Willing and available for travel up to 50%.
• Demonstrated high degree of emotional intelligence and professionalism.
• Possess agility and adjustability; ability to think in terms of systems and have a results-oriented mindset.
• Must foster excellences, inclusion and diversity.
• The ability to assist in creation of new GME programs and grow existing ones.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to manage complex relationships.
• Ability to drive improvement based on data analytics and think strategically.
• Must have a working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence, (AI), Machine Learning, and Generative AI (GenAI) terms and processes, such as the following:

Large Language Models (LLM), Transformer Architecture (transformers), AI Instruction Design (Prompt Engineering), Model Specialization (Fine-Tuning), Vector Representations (Embeddings), Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Text Units (Tokens), AI Fabrication (Hallucination), Zero-shot Learning (Zero-shot), Reasoning Process (Chain-of-Thought), Input Capacity (Context Window), Randomness Parameter (Temperature).

• Must have a working knowledge of current ChatBot systems, how to create effective prompts for medical education/research, and safety and security of common systems in use.