Academic Coordinator for Physician Assistant Program
Employment Type : Full-Time
Overview: The NUMC (Nassau University Medical Center) Academic Coordinator for the BS/MS PA Program has the responsibility of coordinating, overseeing, and teaching the first year/didactic curriculum with the support of the clinical faculty members and the academic administrative assistant. Responsibilities: Evaluating, editing, and updating the learning objectives and syllabi for all the courses to meet graduate standards - Coordinating the timely distribution of course syllabi and objectives
- Advising faculty on the proper format and language of learning objectives
- Soliciting comments on the contents of the learning objectives from staff/faculty/medical director/preceptors/alumni/other PA Program personnel
- Editing final drafts of learning objectives
- Maintaining files on objectives and syllabi, and general information about the curriculum
Evaluating faculty and curriculum - Coordinating the peer evaluation effort
- Coordinating student evaluation of courses
- Tabulating results of the student evaluations, sharing the results with Program Director and faculty, and discussing the results with the faculty to correct any areas of weakness
- Evaluating instructors and making sure they follow all learning objectives according to graduate standards
Evaluating outcome - Reviewing available standardized test results with staff and curriculum committee to analyze areas of strength and weakness in the curriculum
- Sharing the analysis of available standardized exams with individual faculty members
- Analyzing together with the clinical coordinator(s) student's performance on each clinical rotation, identifying curricular areas of weakness, and discussing avenues of curriculum enhancement
- Implementation of curricular improvements via the curriculum committee
Scheduling of classes - Scheduling 900 contact hours with a faculty composed of more than 30 members, mostly adjuncts.
Coordination of faculty - Orienting the faculty to the Program and general curriculum
- Instructions and discussions of instructional methods
- Presentation of students perceptions/impressions and needs
- Analysis of the correlation of exams with learning objectives
- Review of exams prior to their administration and analysis of subsequent student performance
- Development and maintenance of a close faculty-program relationship
- Recruitment and interviewing of new faculty
Supervising, counseling and evaluating academic progress of 1st year students - Maintaining ongoing records of each student's academic progress
- Coordinating the advisor groups of the 1st year students
- Assigning the staff as academic advisors to the students
- Review and enhancement of guidelines for advisement
- Apprising advisors of any academic trouble a student may be experiencing
- Serving as advisor for a fourth of the total PA class and utilizing a problem oriented test review when indicated
- Overseeing submission of junior student grade rosters to registrar
- Reviewing ultimate accuracy of official transcripts
Periodically meeting with class representatives and with the entire class - Oversight of the development and maintenance of a close student-staff relationship
- Serving as a liaison between students and faculty
Assignment of course master for all multi-component courses - Facilitating meetings with faculty members to work out logistics of all graduate coursework
- Review and editing of the general overview of the course, course description, methods of evaluation
- Coordinating exams, calculating final grades
Teaching courses in area of expertise Supervisory responsibilities - Assignment and supervision of the workload for the academic administrative assistant
Responsibilities for general aspects of the PA Program and the School of Health Sciences - Participating in the admissions process including application review, interview and serving on the admissions committee
- Serving as a member of the PA Academic Progress Committee
- Participating in the preparation of the bulletin and catalogue
- Participating in the writing of accreditation documents
- Serving on school-wide committee
- Participating in the recruitment effort
Qualifications: Education/ Licensures - NCCPA Board Certified
- Valid license to practice as a Physician Assistant
- A Master’s degree is required
- A Bachelor of Science from an accredited Physician Assistant Program