MD or DO degree with appropriate board certification
A minimum of 5-7 years of leadership experience in graduate medical education
Strong record of advocacy and engagement within the GME community
Experience with compliance, accreditation, and quality improvement in medical education
Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with stakeholders in a healthcare setting
Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership for Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs
Define and implement a healthy clinical learning environment
Evaluate and enhance educational improvement models
Ensure resident engagement and quality satisfaction
Cultivate relationships with governing bodies and key healthcare stakeholders
Advocate for GME and communicate its value to institutional leadership
Oversee resident and faculty scholarly activity in education and service
Benefits
Support from a committed GME staff including Associate and Assistant Deans
Access to well-functioning Standing Committees focused on education and quality improvement
Opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple health institutions
Flexibility to allocate clinical time based on specialty
Involvement in a large and dynamic GME Sponsoring Institution with robust programs
Full Job Description
VICE DEAN, GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND
DESIGNATED INSTITUTIONAL OFFICIAL
The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine (LSOM) at UT Health San Antonio seeks a Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official to provide energetic leadership and to promote excellence in medical education. This position represents a transformational leadership opportunity at one of the nation's largest and most dynamic GME Sponsoring Institutions. The Vice Dean is charged with defining and ensuring a healthy clinical learning environment, creating, evaluating, and implementing an ongoing educational improvement model, and aligning GME resources consistent with the institutional mission. Additionally, the successful candidate will be responsible for resident engagement, satisfaction, and quality. Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with various governing bodies is critical in this role. Advocating for GME and informing key stakeholders of its value are also essential. The Vice Dean will be expected to develop and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders including sustaining the strong relationships with University Health (i.e. Bexar County Medical District) and the South Texas Veterans Health Care and must work collaboratively with the other clinical sites (i.e. multiple other hospitals and ambulatory care sites) in San Antonio. The Long School of Medicine has approximately 984 active residents and oversees 104 GME programs (61 ACGME-accredited) with no institutional citations. The Office of Graduate Medical Education benefits from a committed staff that includes Associate and Assistant Deans, and Program Directors Coordinators and Managers. The Office has also developed a cadre of well-functioning Standing Committees (Education, Compliance/Accreditation, Quality Improvement/Patient Safety, Wellness/Resident Work Life, Programs and a House Staff Council) that play an instrumental role in drafting policies and practices to help ensure graduate medical education programs that meet national standards.
The Vice Dean is expected to devote approximately 80 percent of his/her effort to this administrative role, and 20 percent of his/her effort to his/her clinical faculty position, open to more clinical time dependent upon specialty. The successful candidate should have their scholarly activity and professional contributions focused primarily on Education and/or Service. The Vice Dean will be expected to practice medicine.
Interested individuals should submit a letter of interest along with a current CV electronically via the UT Health Careers portal at wp.uthscsa.edu/careers/ and look for requisition #[redacted] to apply for this position. Inquires may be directed to Shelly Taylor, Long School of Medicine Chief of Staff at [redacted]. A full job prospectus will be sent upon request.
About Ut Health
UT Health is a comprehensive academic health center in Texas, uniting schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, public health, biomedical sciences and biomedical informatics. The center is dedicated to education, research and clinical care. UT Health is home to more than 24000 students, faculty and staff and has six campuses across the state. The center is committed to advancing health through innovative research, education and patient care.
