Associate Dean for Clinical Education
John F. Dick, III, MD
General Responsibilities
- Oversee Clinical Educational programs in Years III and IV
- Reach consensus on the idealized distribution of grades with deans, clinical chairs, clerkship directors
- Establish criteria for clerkship grades
- Assure grade consistency, fairness, and timeliness
- Assure face-to-face feedback to clerkship students (two oral evaluations)
- Assure timeliness of student evaluations to Registrar (due 4 weeks after clerkship ends)
- Implement Year 3 and 4 curriculum and policies
- Develop, plan and implement clerkship lotteries
- Develop, plan and implement orientations to Years 3 and 4
- Serve on Medical Education Committee, Committee on Student Performance and Conduct, Committee on Students With Disabilities, Medical Education Institutional Review Committee (MEIRC)
Chair of Clinical Education Course Director (CECD) Committee
- Chair monthly CECD meetings
- Assure consistent implementation of policies
- Monitor students with academic difficulties
- Assist continuous quality improvement of clerkships
- Serve as Dean's liaison to clinical training sites
Student Advisor on Academic Issues of Clinical Education
- Advise students with academic problems in clerkships
- Advise students on Year III and IV electives
- Advise students considering splitting Year 4 / delaying graduation