Academic Coordinator

Clerkship coordinators are integral to a successful clinical and didactic teaching rotation and a successful medical student experience. They must possess a unique set of skills centered on communication, interpersonal relationships, and organization. Coordinators who possess all of these skills are invaluable to their department and help advance student education. 

The clerkship coordinator and clerkship director must work as a team with constant communication occurring between them in order to provide a successful clerkship. The clerkship coordinator will be responsible for:

• Command of exact responsibilities and accountabilities associated with the home medical school for the students in their clerkship, including clinical and didactic requirements

• Scheduling, tracking and communicating rotations to medical students, clerkship directors and clerkship instructors to ensure an organized and effective clerkship experience for the entire team

• Scheduling, collecting and tracking all evaluation materials, testing material and required training material between affiliated clerkship directors and the medical school

• Must possess good communication and interpersonal skills and be able to predict the needs of the department director, the clerkship director, the medical schools, the instructors and the medical students

• Student advocacy as this position interacts daily with the rotation’s medical students and should work in terms of the best interest of the medical students. This includes but is not limited to on-boarding, ensuring the students are appropriately oriented to Renown and to their rotation and understand the clerkship responsibilities, rotation scheduling and clerkship resources.

• Strong computer skills, not only in Windows applications but in audio-visual, internet searches and other office equipment

This position does not provide patient care.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Name

Description

Education:

Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing and speaking English.

Experience:

2 years of experience in a medical education setting. 

License(s):

n/a

Certification(s):

n/a

Computer / Typing:

Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.