(Full Time) Associate Dean of Health Sciences

Associate Dean, Health Systems Science & Interprofessional Practice
Administrative & Professional

Senior management: VT Carilion School of Medicine

Department: Dean of VTC School of Medicine

Executive / Director / Management, Medical Professionals
The Associate Dean will help fully realize the potential of HSSIP education across programs and learner populations through a deep commitment to academic excellence, curricular integration, and educational innovation. The position will facilitate and support VTCSOM education initiatives, including overseeing education innovation within an HSSIP curriculum aligned with the health system/community needs of Carilion Clinic (health system partner), Virginia Tech, and the communities of Southwest Virginia.

Lead and participate in HSS-focused grant-funded initiatives, building on recent innovative VTC projects with the American Medical Association and National Board of Medical Examiners (e.g., AMA Reimagining Residency, AMA Groundwork in HSS Assessment, NBME Stemmler Grant), all of which have a common goal of advancing HSS and Systems-Based Practice learning.

Build on collaborative efforts with other colleges within Virginia Tech, with our health system partner Carilion Clinic, and across the country to establish best practices in translating health system science principles into meaningful impact on healthcare delivery through multidisciplinary educational experiences.

Receive a co-appointment within the Department of Health Systems and Implementation Science (if applicable) in addition to a primary appointment within their clinical department.

The Associate Dean for HSSIP will report directly to the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and will collaborate closely with other medical education leaders, particularly in HSSIP. The HSSIP team includes dedicated faculty educators in all curricular phases and across several clinical departments who have protected time to advance HSSIP learning and have dedicated administrative support to provide oversight of the daily functions of all HSSIP curricular components.

This phase will serve as an important space for innovation and deeper integration of HSS principles. Longitudinal, team-based projects will engage collaborative learner groups in focused HSSIP concepts, fostering the development of innovative and forward-looking approaches to evolving health care while strengthening professional identity formation as System Citizens. The Associate Dean for HSSIP will also expand this portfolio to include residency education, faculty development, and innovative programs such as certificates, microcredentials, and master's-level offerings, ensuring that HSSIP principles reach a broad spectrum of learners.
The individual is expected to be on-site at VTCSOM and Carilion Clinic for both components of the role.
Education Qualifications
Demonstrated experience in healthcare delivery and undergraduate medical education
Experience or training in the design, implementation, and improvement of curricular initiatives
History of leading lead education sessions in diverse formats and settings using evidence-based pedagogies within Health Systems Science and Systems Thinking
Experience in grants and/or leading grant teams across collaborating institutions

Given the specific context of the role within medical education and care delivery, the successful candidate will be a practicing physician with prior experience in medical education. The clinical care role will be situated within Carilion Clinic. The physician-educator position has approximately half of the appointment dedicated to medical education (0.5 FTE) and the other half to clinical care (0.5 FTE) and must meet Carilion Clinic requirements.
While applications are welcome from qualified physicians of any specialty, it is anticipated that applicants most able to fulfill the full-time educational responsibilities will likely come from primary care or generalist specialties (e.g., family and community medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, etc.).
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine:
In partnership with Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech, and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, VTC School of Medicine is a cornerstone of one of the nation's premier health and biomedical research ecosystems. Located in Roanoke, Virginia, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and 40 miles from the Virginia Tech main campus in Blacksburg, VTCSOM provides abundant opportunities to deliver innovative, discovery-based medical education in a community-based, picturesque setting.
Its innovative curriculum includes robust, longitudinal mentored research training and a major curricular emphasis on health systems science and interprofessional practice. With a 2.3% acceptance rate, VTCSOM receives over 6,400 applications and is poised for continued enrollment growth.
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
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