Director of Clinical Education, Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies - Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Job Description:

• Support the mission of Ashland University and Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
• Support Ashland University's philosophy of Accent on the Individual.
• Development and review of the mission statement of the PA Program.
• Oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of the clinical curriculum including ensuring course syllabi maintain compliance with ARC-PA Standards.
• Review and revision, as necessary, of the program goal and competencies.
• Development and maintenance of supervised clinical practice experiences for students.
• Administrative oversight of the clinical year database including clinical sites, preceptors, student information, patient logging and evaluations of sites, preceptors and students.
• Administrative oversight of the clinical year including the schedule for the clinical year of education including coordination of student placement with instructional faculty during supervised clinical practice experiences.
• Coordination and faculty development of instructional faculty – clinical preceptors.
• Conduct onsite and video-conferenced site visits to maintain compliance with ARC-PA standards.
• Ensure that the program fulfills the instructional needs of the curriculum during the clinical year according to the standards of the ARC-PA.
• Assist with the development of tools to assess the effectiveness of the clinical education curriculum.
• Implement and monitor the plan for evaluation of student clinical year performance.
• Participate in the program's ongoing self-assessment, analysis, and accreditation processes with primary responsibility for clinical education components.
• Prepare and maintain clinical year sections of the student handbook and preceptor manuals
• Provide academic instruction.
• Serve as an academic advisor to students.
• Provide remedial instruction of clinical year students.
• Participate in state and national PA organizations as necessary to promote the program and the profession.
• Represent the PA program through service on committees at the University level as required.
• Participate in the admissions process including student recruitment and selection.
• Perform other duties as determined by negotiation at the annual performance review by the Program Director.
• Agrees to not participate as a health care provider for students in the program, except in an emergency situation.
• Engage in continued professional update and provide an annual report of activities to the program director.
• Participates in professional development activities outside of Ashland University's PA program in areas of clinical practice, scholarly activities or advancement of educational degree as agreed upon by the Program Director.
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Director.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree or higher is required
• Must be certified by NCCPA and hold current certification
• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience as a PA

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