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Vice Chair, Clinical Skills Education (Revised)

🇺🇸 Dayton, OH 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Other 🗓️ January 13th, 2026

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Wright State University is hiring a Vice Chair, Clinical Skills Education. This role involves overseeing the comprehensive longitudinal clinical skills instruction at the Boonshoft School of Medicine, managing the Skills Assessment and Training Center, developing curriculum, supervising activities, and providing leadership to ensure program success.

Highlights
  • Oversee clinical skills curriculum and the Skills Assessment and Training Center (SATC)
  • Develop and deliver innovative clinical skills education and assessments
  • Supervise SATC staff, simulated patient (SP) program, and recruit/train preceptors and faculty
  • Provide mentorship and remediation support to medical students
  • Lead instruction for medical student interview and physical examination courses
  • Participate in classroom teaching, learner evaluations, and committee work
  • Require MD or DO with clinical and undergraduate medical education experience
  • Preferred clinical background in Family, Internal, Emergency Medicine, or Pediatrics
  • Salary negotiable; full-time faculty position
  • Position involves up to 20% clinical time and requires strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills

Vice Chair, Clinical Skills Education (Revised) Full Description

Vice Chair, Clinical Skills Education (Revised)
Position Information
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EEO Statement  | Wright State University is an equal opportunity employer.
Faculty Rank or Job Title  | Vice Chair, Clinical Skills Education (Revised)
Job Category:  | Faculty/Instructional
Department  | Medical Education-BSOM
EEO number:  | 25Y229
Position FTE  | 100%
Minimum Annual or Hourly Rate  | Negotiable
Salary Band:  | FA NA

Job Summary/Basic Function:  | The primary purpose of the Vice Chair, Clinical Skills Education at the Boonshoft School of Medicine (BSOM), is to oversee the comprehensive longitudinal instruction in clinical skills within the BSOM curriculum, including functioning of the Skills Assessment and Training Center (SATC) and related programs. This includes curriculum development, supervision of scheduled activities, administering clinical instruction, and providing leadership essential for the success of both the Center and its participants.

Minimum Qualifications  | Physician, MD or DO, having experience with and demonstrated interest in UME teaching. Clinical experience in their primary specialty. Undergraduate medical education curricula experience with a focus on clinical skills. Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Assistant Professor level candidates must meet all requirements above. Associate Professor level candidates must meet all requirements above, plus have at least three years’ experience as an Assistant Professor with an exemplary scholarly portfolio and supervisory experience and meet all Associate Professor Promotion requirements. Full Professor candidates must fulfill all the requirements of Associate Professor, plus have at least five years’ experience at the Associate Professor along with an exemplary scholarly portfolio and leadership experience and meet all Professor Promotion requirements.

Preferred Qualifications  | Clinical background in Family, Internal, or Emergency Medicine or Pediatrics
Essential Functions and percent of time:  | Leadership 40% Supervise all scheduled activities within the SATC for medical students in every phase of the BSOM WrightCurriculum, offering the leadership, administration, and clinical instruction required for the success of the SATC and associated programs. Recruit, supervise, and train SATC Staff. Design, build, deliver, and assess innovative clinical skills educational and assessment methods. Provide oversight of, with accountability for the Simulated Patient (SP) program, ensuring its quality, consistency, and integration across the clinical skills curriculum Recruit and train preceptors and teaching faculty Develop Simulated Patient Encounter (SPE) and Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) scenarios for BSOM and external clients, including local Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant programs. Organize workshops relevant to the SATC operations 
Student Learning 30% Provide support and mentoring to students requiring clinical skills remediation. Supervise MS4 medical students enrolled in SATC academic medicine elective Serve as lead instructor for teaching MS1 interview and physical examination (PE) skills courses. Direct small group facilitators for clinical reasoning sessions as well as other longitudinal clinical skills. Provide direct observation and scoring of SPE or OSCE simulated patient activities. Provide in-person, 1:1 video reviews and provision of feedback for students with low or failing scores on assessment OSCEs.

Essential Functions and percent of time (cont'd):  | Core Faculty / Teaching 25% Participate in classroom didactics and clinical supervision of WSUBSOM learners. Teach as needed in other curricular modules related to content area expertise. Participate in learner evaluations and mentorship. Participate in committees, meetings, and other related items. 
Other duties as assigned 5%
Non-Essential Functions and percent of time:  |
Working Conditions  | FTE of position may be adjusted to accommodate clinical time (up to 20%).

To preserve the safety and security of the campus community and to maintain the integrity of university operations, it is the policy of Wright State University before making an employment offer conduct various background checks, such as a criminal record, credit history when job related and/or education verifications. Additionally, an administrative review shall be conducted whenever the university learns that an employee is charged with or convicted of a crime (except for minor vehicle violations). Frequently asked questions related to background checks may be found on the Human resources website at http://www.wright.edu/human-resources.

Effective July 1, 2017, per Policy 7230 Wright State University is tobacco-free. Tobacco use, including the sale, advertising sampling and distribution of tobacco products and tobacco related items is prohibited in all university facilities, on all university owned or leased grounds, university owned or operated residence halls and apartments, and at all university sponsored events regardless of location. Tobacco use is also prohibited in all university vehicles or on any equipment owned, leased or operated by Wright State University. This policy applies to anyone on campus including students, faculty, staff, visitors, consultants, vendors, patients, volunteers, and contractor employees.
Special Instructions to Applicants  |
Posting Date  | 01/08/2026
First Consideration Date:  | 02/08/2026
Closing Date  |
Open Until Filled  | Yes
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