Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education (UME)

Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) is seeking experienced, motivated, and dedicated leaders and educators to participate in the design and delivery of an innovative four-year medical school curriculum that engages medical students in active and novel learning.

Job Description:

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education

About The Position

This role oversees all undergraduate medical education, including admissions, curriculum, student affairs, and assessment. The role reports directly to the Executive Vice Dean. It also requires collaborating with senior leadership and clinical partners to promote a positive learning environment, overseeing key events, and ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and continuous quality improvement.

Major Responsibilities/Essential Functions Specific to The Position:

• Lead and manage all aspects of undergraduate medical education, including admissions, medical education and research, curriculum, assessment, student success and wellbeing
• Report directly to Executive Vice Dean, serve as the primary institutional contact for all relevant matters for UME
• Work collaboratively with senior leadership team and clinical partners to promote a positive learning environment
• Work collaboratively with senior leadership team to promote faculty development, retention, and scholarly activity
• Lead and manage key UME events including orientation, white coat ceremony, match day, and graduation
• Collaborate with all accreditation efforts and continuous quality improvement
• Compile, analyze, and synthesize data related to student success
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, students, administrators, and external stakeholders to ensure a shared understanding of accreditation standards and CQI principles.
• Work collaboratively with faculty and staff to develop and implement policies and procedures across UME
• Other duties as assigned.  

 Education

• Minimum: Medical Doctorate degree (MD)
• MBA or other relevant degree preferred

Minimum Work Experiences and Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in medical education, with significant leadership experience in academic and student affairs
• Participation in an LCME survey visit
• Robust knowledge of accreditation standards and regulatory requirements in undergraduate medical education
• Proven ability to exercise sound and fair judgment in complex situations
• Proven ability to excel in a matrixed environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Zoom, and ability to learn new software applications
• Strong commitment to self-care

Preferred Work Experiences and Qualifications

• Proven record of managing successful accreditation and CQI processes
• Strong editing and writing skills
• Support the mission and vision of the AWSOM
• Demonstrate strong judgment, intellectual agility, and flexibility regarding overall priorities and day-to-day tasks

About Us

Founded in 2021, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) is a nonprofit, four-year MD program that will enhance traditional medical education with the arts, humanities, and whole health principles. The school’s culture embraces self-care to empower students to care for their own well-being as well as their patients’. The school’s state-of-the-art medical education facility is under construction in Bentonville, Arkansas on the Crystal Bridges campus, home to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Heartland Whole Health Institute. The school has been granted preliminary accreditation status by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

What We Seek

We are building a cadre of medical professionals trained in conventional medicine and in whole health, by reimagining medical education. We seek individuals who are excited by this endeavor. We are building a health care learning and delivery environment in which diversity is a strength and highly valued. Thus, we seek candidates who contribute to diversity in all its forms. Ideal candidates are committed to our goals of inclusive excellence, and to facilitating optimal health for all using a whole health approach.

Faculty and staff members will contribute to the development and rollout of the ARCHES curriculum, which is built on evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. It includes the following six core elements:

• Art of Healing
• Research, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
• Clinical Care
• Health Systems Sciences
• Embracing Whole Health
• Science of Medicine

All six areas of the curriculum will be interwoven throughout the four-year curriculum.