Doctor of Medicine Program Faculty Resources | Duke University School of Medicine

The Duke MD Program is committed to supporting our faculty in their educational roles.

Duke MD Program Faculty Handbook

The Duke MD Program Faculty Handbook is the recommended place to start for all faculty. The Handbook includes topics regarding the MD Curriculum Overview, MD Policies and Procedures, How Duke Supports Students and How Duke Supports Faculty.

To access the Policy on the Appropriate Treatment of Learners and to learn more about mistreatment reporting, please access the Reporting Mistreatment and Misconduct resources.

Whole Curriculum Review

As the next phase of the Patient FIRST curriculum, we are pleased to share the results of the Whole Curriculum Review (WCR) for the MD program. The Curriculum Committee (CC) conducted its WCR from November 2022 to February 2023. To learn more about the WCR process please click here.

Three major themes were identified by the CC as the priorities for this next phase of the Patient FIRST curriculum:

Evidence-informed clinical practice and patient education

Digital impacts on health, medical misinformation, best practices in patient education, use of digital platforms to support health
Self-directed learning for how to assess evidence for high value care

Wellness and mental health skills training for physician self-care and for patient care

Building skills in patient care intervention for acute mental health needs, prevention
Building skills for learners in the promotion of resilience, emotional intelligence, and self-reflection

Social drivers of health and interprofessional health care advocacy

Bias, climate change, caring for diverse patient populations, more formal training in effective patient communication through an equity lens, care of patients who identify as transgender
Advocacy at governmental levels, managing legal threats to health care best practices, how to work with legal professionals, health policy
Preventive health practices, use of screening tools, care of chronically ill patients, nutrition as medicine

Thank you to the nearly 100 students/faculty/staff who provided their time and expertise for this important effort.

You can find more about our curriculum innovations here. The overarching medical education program objectives are here.

Thanks again for your commitment to our medical students!

Contact list for MD Program

We are here to support you. Please see here for full list of our program contacts. Contacts are listed by area of responsibility/expertise across the MD program. The Office of Curricular Affairs supports the implementation of our foundational courses – please reach out with any questions about these courses.

How Faculty Can Provide Input on Educational Policies and New Large-Scale Initiatives

The mission of the Curriculum Committee is to assure an excellent, coordinated, integrated course of instruction for the preparation of future physicians. The Committee is composed of faculty, staff, students, and residents of the School of Medicine and is solely responsible for making decisions about the medical student curriculum. The Committee serves as an independent body in making curricular decisions for the educational program, and does not report to Duke SOM or Health Systems leadership.
The Curriculum Committee includes at-large faculty selected after a general call for applications.
The selected faculty members serve a 3-year term, which will expire at the end of 2024.
- Please contact any of the Curriculum Committee members with any questions or concerns.
- The Curriculum Committee also has extended faculty representation on the following subcommittees. Please contact any of these members with questions or concerns
  - Comprehensive Administrative Group, Chair Dr. Edward Buckley
  - First-Year Course Directors, Chair Dr. Matthew Velkey
  - Clinical Training Committee, Chair Dr. Saumil Chudgar
  - Third Year Committee, Chair Dr. Danny Laskowitz
  - Fourth Year Committee, Chair Dr. Jenny Van Kirk
Annual MD Curriculum and Learning Environment Updates are offered to SOM Departments. Please contact Dr. Jane Gagliardi or Dr. Aditee Narayan if you would like to schedule for your group.
Any faculty member may provide feedback on aspects of our program through this open survey

Open Education Positions

With few exceptions, all open positions in the medical education program are distributed to the general SOM faculty listserv and included here for an inclusive approach at recruitment. Small Group Leader positions are recruited for annually. All SOM faculty, including DPC faculty, are eligible to apply, as per your chair. All applications are reviewed by a search committee, which uses consistent guidelines based on the needs of the role to assess each candidate. Final candidates are selected based on their skillset, experience, diversity in background (including professional and personal characteristics) and needs of the team. Applicants for Small Group Leader roles are placed on a waitlist, and if positions become available prior to the next annual recruitment, waitlisted faculty will be offered the open spots.

Thank you so much for supporting our medical education program and our medical students!

Now Hiring - Associate Director Duke AHEAD

Call for Applications - New SOM Educator Role – Associate Director, Duke AHEAD (Academy for Health Professions Education and Academic Development)

Deadline for submission: Monday, May 13^th, at 8:00 am.

Duke University School of Medicine is seeking applications for the role of Associate Director, Duke AHEAD.  This position will report to Dr. Diana McNeill, Associate Dean and Director of Duke AHEAD. The Associate Director will serve on the leadership team and steering committee for Duke AHEAD and will assist the director in managing current programming and initiatives as well as supporting new programming. Please see the Duke AHEAD website for details of the academy. Duke AHEAD was launched in 2014 to develop a community for health professions educators throughout Duke Health. The three missions of Duke AHEAD include faculty development, recognition and promotion of health professions educators, and support for education research and innovation. Since its inception, membership in Duke AHEAD has grown to over 1400 members and has awarded over $750,000 in grants for educator support and innovation.

Duties include the following:
Assist the Director in:

Leading the interprofessional mentorship program pilot started in 2023.
Leading the Duke AHEAD certificate program and expand its offerings.
Participating in the LEAP (Leadership development) program offered by Duke AHEAD.
Work with the director of Duke AHEAD to collect needs assessment data to direct future programming.
Establishing programmatic priorities and policies to meet the evolving needs of interprofessional educators.

Additional Duties:

Meet with interprofessional educators and support their success.
Advise educators on educational project/program design and, as appropriate, preparation of IRB submissions and review.
Plan and help facilitate Duke AHEAD Steering Committee meetings.
Meet regularly with the Duke AHEAD director.
Represent Duke AHEAD when needed at institutional meetings.

Qualifications/Job Requirements: 

Advanced health professions and/or doctoral degree 
Record of experience and accomplishment as a health professions educator
Experience in mentoring learners, staff, and faculty
Demonstrate commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion
Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrate a passion for teaching and support for educators

 
Expectations:
Annual support for this role is $40,000 to be paid to the home department of Associate Director. Interested applicants must work with their department chair and/or business manager to determine how these funds will be used to support their effort for this role.  The position is renewable annually.
 
Interested applicants should send a CV and letter of interest.  The letter of interest should include your experience as an educator, as well as your aspirations for the continued development of Duke AHEAD.  Please include your reasons for applying for this position and how you believe this role may support your future career development. Those applicants selected for interviews will be asked to submit a letter of support from their department chair. Please send all materials to Diana McNeill at diana.mcneill@duke.edu  

Deadline for submission: Monday, May 13^th  at 8:00 am.