Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education

**Surrey**
SFU Department**:School of Medicine**

**Who We Are**:
Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose - the essence of SFU - is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.

Help build B.C.’s new medical school from the ground up

At Simon Fraser University’s School of Medicine (SoM), we envision a medical education system where students and residents learn as part of a team in primary care and other community-level settings, in patient-centred environments, and with a curriculum that considers social, environmental and prevention contexts. As we establish the school in Surrey, B.C., our growing relationships with the local community, Fraser Health Authority, First Nations Health Authority, physicians and Indigenous partners will help us to meet the diverse health needs of the communities we serve and improve access to primary care throughout the province. We seek to advance reconciliation by embedding and equalizing Indigenous knowledge systems in our learning, research and practices while resting on a solid foundation of high-quality, accredited education and world-class research efforts that keep us oriented towards measurable socially accountable outcomes.

**About the Role**:
The Assistant Dean, UGME for the SFU SoM plays a crucial role in shaping and advancing the undergraduate medical education program, ensuring high standards of curriculum delivery, fostering a positive learning environment, and promoting excellence in medical education in the SFU SoM.

**Key Areas of Involvement**:
The Assistant Dean, UGME is responsible for overseeing the SFU Doctor of Medicine (UGME) program including developing, delivering and monitoring of curriculum, and developing, interpreting and implementing policies pertaining to undergraduate medical education within the SFU SoM. In fulfilling this mandate, the Assistant Dean, UGME works in close collaboration with the Associate Dean Accreditation, Assessment and Evaluation, the Assistant Dean, UGME and other members of the Senior Leadership Team of the School of Medicine. The specific areas of involvement include, but are not limited to:

- Provide leadership in the development and implementation of the SFU SoM goals in undergraduate medical education
- In collaboration with the Associate Dean, Medical Education Programs: oversee curriculum development, delivery and monitoring; develop, interpret and/or implement policies related to the undergraduate program
- In collaboration with the Associate Dean, Assessment, Accreditation and Evaluation and other members of the Senior Leadership Team: oversee the implementation and monitoring of the program of assessment; monitor the processes and outcomes of the undergraduate medical education program; ensure continued compliance with CACMS accreditation standards
- In collaboration with the Associate Dean Indigenous Health and other members of the Senior Leadership Team: contribute to SFU SoM’s commitment to TRC Calls to Action #23 and 24; create opportunities to integrate Indigenous ways of knowing into MD Program structures such as curriculum, assessment, policies and processes
- In collaboration with the Assistant Dean Learner Affairs, support students requiring additional learning resources
- In collaboration with the Associate Dean Research, support and encourage research in medical education
- Assist and advise faculty members (who are direct reports) in the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education regarding the performance of their duties and their career development
- Work closely with other members of the senior leadership team to develop SoM policy, planning and operations
- Work closely with other members of the senior leadership team to support the space, staffing and funding needs of the UGME program
- Represent the SoM with regard to undergraduate studies by being a member of relevant bodies within SFU
- Work with deans for undergraduate education at other Canadian Universities to support innovation and to address problems of mutual interest and concern
- Undertake duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the Dean or Associate Dean, Medical Education Programs
- Act as Associate Dean, Medical Education Program (AD MEP) on notification from the AD Medical Education Programs of short-term absences

**Qualifications & Experience**:
**Required**
- D. (Doctor of Medicine) is required.
- Minimum of 5 years of direct teaching experience with medical learners
- Knowledge of and respect for Indigenous cultural identities and values
- Experience with the development, management, and/or monitoring of medical education curriculum

**Additional Assets**
- Preference will be given to family physicians and generalist specialists
- Eligibility to hold a license to practice medic