Salary: Commensurate
with experience
Benefits: The University offers generous
benefits including paid time off (holidays, holy days and vacation), employer
matching contributions to the retirement plan, and tuition benefits for
employees and their eligible dependents. Learn more and explore benefits at www.duq.edu/benefits
Location: Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine
Position Status: Full-time
Hours: Generally Monday – Friday 8:30
a.m.- 4:30 p.m. but may vary based on operational need.
Position Number: 434814/10-1198
FLSA Status: Exempt
POSITION
SUMMARY:
The Coordinator of Standardized Patients assists the Director of Standardized
Patients in the recruitment, hiring, scheduling and training of standardized patients (SP) and
provides support for all standardized patient-related schedules and activities
for the Duquesne University Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine (DUQ-NCOM).
This includes assistance with the Lived Experience Participant (LEP)
initiative. The coordinator of Standardized Patients works collaboratively with
the Simulation Center staff, DUQ-NCOM faculty and staff on the administration
and implementation of standardized patient educational activities, to include
event support, back-end coordination, data input and scheduling.
This position
reports to the Director of Standardized Patients.
DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Academic:
Coordinate,
communicate, enter and extract software data and assignment details for events
involving standardized patient activities at DUQ-NCOM and across all involved
parties.
Develop
and implement accurate detail tracking of individual SP abilities, schedules,
and payroll data for the SPs and LEPs as needed for the medical school and
other curricula.
Assist
in the design and modification of training protocols and implementation of
events for the NCOM related to standardized patient encounters, task training,
hybrid simulation and other simulation and clinical skill-related learning
activities.
Assist
in active learning and teaching principles and osteopathic principles and practices
for medical students across all 4 years.
Assist
the Simulation Director in tracking and documenting associated evaluation and
assessment tools to measure student competency and track outcomes.
Assist
in implementation and documentation of formative and summative objective
structured clinical examinations (OSCE) to measure student clinical knowledge
and skills related to the NCOM’s program learning outcomes.
Assist
in the training and monitoring the performance of standardized patients to
actively participate in the education of medical students, residents, and other
healthcare professionals.
Provide
feedback to the Director of SPs, and other staff to improve communication,
organization, clarity of budgets, implementation and decision making in every
day functions.
Complete
tasks pertaining to administrative, payroll, training, scheduling, evaluation,
and creative activities involving SPs to meet the educational needs of the NCOM.
Assist
in the implementation and organization of interprofessional standardized
patient educational encounters in collaboration with NCOM and other healthcare
professional faculty.
Administrative:
Assist
the Director of SPs to ensure that the NCOM meets goals for recruitment and consistent training of SPs,
including a sufficient pool of SPs to meet the teaching, clinical exam, and
OSCE needs. This includes recruiting and screening SP candidates, responding to
inquiries, managing the SP database, coordinating, and delivering all training
sessions, and providing an assessment of performance and standards of
reliability in feedback to SP employees.
Analyze SP cases and determine which SPs are
most suitable and available for each case.
Collaborate with MS year – specific
coordinators to effectively schedule and communicate with students regarding
all Sim/ SP experiences.
Maintain and update current files including
standardized patient rosters, addresses, contact information, patient
characteristics for education, etc.
Assist the Director of Standardized Patients
in the management, and maintenance of the payroll, inventory, budget, and
operational practices to meet the changing needs of the department and clinical
partners.
Work
within Sim Capture to set-up and create recordings of standardized patient
activities.
Assist Director of SPs to ensure that the SP
experiences, equipment, and spaces meet the accreditation standards of the NCOM.
Other duties as assigned by the Assistant
Dean or his/her designee.
Service:
Participate
in required NCOM staff development and training as required.
Participate
in student events including but not limited to the White Coat ceremony, service
day, graduation, and orientation as assigned.
Serve
on College and University committees as assigned.
Research/Scholarly:
Support
innovative scholarship and research related to standardized patients in
collaboration with other faculty and staff.
Support
grant-related opportunities to support and enhance standardized patient
education at the NCOM.
Participate
in simulation and standardized patient-related training, continuing education,
collaborations, and other related activities to maintain competency and be
aware of new ideas and opportunities for innovation.
Supervisory:
Standardized patients, Lived
Experience Participants, Graduate Assistants and other student volunteers.
Completes other
duties as assigned.