The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Dental Medicine (SDM) welcomes applications for Director of Predoctoral Education from exceptional candidates for a full-time, clinical track faculty (Open Rank) to work in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO) and the CU School of Dental Medicine.
The Predoctoral Education Director will provide strategic and operational leadership and direction, managing all aspects of the Predoctoral Program. The successful candidate will be an outstanding clinician-educator with interest in, and commitment to clinical care, teaching, and scholarship. This position reports to the department chair with their primary location at CHCO.
The Pediatric Dentistry clinics provide routine dental check-ups and complex oral treatments. Faculty focus on providing care for all children, including those with special needs, by creating care plans that include special behavioral requirements as needed for each child. The Department of Pediatric Dentistry faculty dedicate their time exclusively to working with children, teens and on young adults with SHCN.
The Predoctoral Pediatric Dentistry Program at the School of Dental Medicine is located at the Pediatric Dental Center within the Children's Hospital Colorado’s Health Pavilion. The pediatric dentistry program has three care sites, including the hospital’s newest multidisciplinary facilities, the Health Pavilion Dental Center and North Campus Dental Center, and Main Children’s Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus.
Examples of Work Performed:
- Primary responsibilities include working as course director for predoctoral pediatric dentistry courses as well as supervision of dental students during their clinical pediatric dentistry rotation at the Health Pavilion Dental Center.
- Secondary responsibilities include overseeing overall continuity and quality of patient care in the predoctoral student clinic and performing outcomes assessments and student satisfaction surveys.
- Additional responsibilities include operational leadership and management of aspects of the predoctoral program including grading and drafting CODA self-study document with a commitment to ensuring excellent educational and patient care experiences for dental trainees.
- Responsibilities also include curriculum development and implementation ensuring full compliance with CODA guidelines from the predoctoral dental program.
- Responsibilities also include didactic and clinical teaching in the postdoctoral hospital-based residency program as part of Children's Hospital Colorado, the largest clinically integrated network in Colorado dedicated exclusively to children.
- The Director of Predoctoral Education will be expected to conduct ongoing evaluation of program goals, objectives, and content as well as outcomes assessment.
- The Director of Predoctoral Education will also be expected to represent the program at national meetings including Joint Academic Day at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry annual conference or American Dental Education Association annual conferences.
- This description is a summary only and is describing the general level of work being performed, it is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties of this position may change from time to time and/or based on business need. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and/or hiring authority.
