UW Medicine

Clinical Assistant

• Lead administration, strategic direction, and continuous quality improvement of the geographically distributed clinical education program
• Collaborate with the Associate Dean, Executive Director, clinical faculty, preceptors, students, and community partners
• Support clinical rotation availability, clinical faculty development, preceptor engagement, accreditation alignment, and operational excellence
• Lead clinical faculty credentialing and promotion processes
• Oversee rotation site evaluation and approval
• Coordinate regional site visits
• Help develop and execute strategies for clinical placements across regions
• Collaborate with university departments including Registrar, Marketing, and Development
• Contribute to accreditation, Board of Trustees, and external stakeholder reporting
• Mentor students within the clinical specialty
• Teach limited centralized didactics and transition-to-clerkship activities
• Provide periodic student-facing coverage as needed
• Assist with administrative oversight, personnel supervision, and regional site planning
• Develop and maintain postgraduate career planning and advising programs
• Advise and monitor student rotation scheduling and assessment
• Address academic, disciplinary, preceptor, and rotation-quality concerns
• Oversee regional clinical site evaluation systems
• Recommend clinical faculty appointments and promotions
• Support faculty development and CME creation
• Maintain academic standards and curricular integration across all four years
• Integrate clinical competencies, Entrustable Professional Activities, and osteopathic curriculum into rotations
• Participate in CLIN 704 weekly didactics and FM 603 annual Clerkship Prep
• Promote clinical education research and scholarly activity
• Seek external research funding when feasible
• Serve on COM and University committees
• Participate in community affairs and professional organizations
• Uphold diversity, equity, and inclusion in osteopathic clinical medical education
• Perform other related duties as assigned

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