MBM - FARM Physician Coordinator (Aberdeen)

MBM - FARM Physician Coordinator (Aberdeen)

The FARM Physician Coordinator is responsible for directing and monitoring student participation in the longitudinal integrated clerkship at the rural site, providing periodic feedback to students on their performance, overseeing student assessment, including gathering performance feedback from other faculty preceptors within their facilities, and ensuring completion of semester requirements. Serving as an LIC instructor in the clinic setting is expected, and regular attendance at monthly advising committee meetings is critical to this position.

Expectations:

• Must be a board-certified family medical, general internal medicine or general pediatric physician.
• Preference will be given to a physician employed by the FARM site.
• Maintain board certification (or board eligibility, if appropriate) through the appropriate specialty board.
• Understand school-wide educational goals for students as outlined in the Pillar 2 handbook.
• Clearly communicate specific curricular goals of the respective discipline and the SSOM to students and faculty.
• Provide feedback to individual students and faculty in a skilled manner.
• 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 and Medical Student Affairs.
• Analyze multiple sources of program evaluation data (e.g. student evaluations, SPEL reports) to effect appropriate quality improvement in the educational program.
• Collaborate with other LIC faculty at their site and school educational leaders to continually improve the educational 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 the coordinator's specialty.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and leadership skills with students and faculty.
• Advise the clerkship directors, associate dean of rural medicine and associate dean of medical student education on educational policy and strategic planning, with attention to anticipated changes in resources and societal needs within their site.

The position reports to Dr. Jason Wickersham, Associate Dean for Rural Medicine. First review of applications will begin October 12, 2026, and continue until the position is filled. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Contact Information - Jason Wickersham, Associate Dean for Rural Medicine View email address on click.appcast.io