VCU School of Pharmacy

Advertising Summary

The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy invites youto apply to our Director of Experiential Education position.
Reporting to the Associate Dean for Academic & Faculty Affairs,the Director of Experiential Education is responsible for theplanning and oversight of the School's experiential educationprograms.

Unit

School Of Pharmacy MBU

Department

School of Pharmacy

About Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU is a top 50 public research university with a genuinecommitment to student success and community service. One of just ahandful of universities to receive both a "Very High ResearchActivity" status and a "Community Engaged" designation from theCarnegie Foundation, VCU also hosts the region's top-rated medicalcenter. The medical campus is home to top-ranked programs inPharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Public Health, and HealthProfessions, as well as the Center for Interprofessional Educationand Collaborative Care, the Wright Center for Clinical andTranslational Research, the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, thePauley Heart Center, the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for LiverDisease and Metabolic Health, among many other institutes andcenters.

About School of Pharmacy

The School of Pharmacy (SOP) has a 127-year tradition beginningwith the Medical College of Virginia and continuing to the present.
Ranked in the Top 20 of Schools of Pharmacy nationwide, the SOP isdedicated to graduating outstanding future scientists andpharmacists who will develop new medicines and therapies, improvehuman health, foster exemplary research, and provide sustainingcontributions to interprofessional patient care.

About the Office of Experiential Education

The objective of the Office of Experiential Education is to ensurea quality program for each School of Pharmacy student’s fulfillmentof all experiential education curricular requirements throughoutthe four-year program.

Key Responsibilities

Program Administration

The Director of ExperientialEducation provides overall administrative leadership and strategicoversight for the School’s experiential education programs,ensuring alignment with ACPE standards, School educationaloutcomes, and PharmD program requirements. This includesimplementing current program objectives, policies, procedures, andoperations as well as long-range planning and budgeting. TheDirector oversees experiential education course coordinationincluding student scheduling and assignments, communication ofexpectations to students, and managing affiliation agreements withsites. This role represents experiential education within Schoolcommittees and institutional activities including serving on theExecutive Committee, PharmD Curriculum Committee, AcademicPerformance Committee, Outcomes & Assessment Committee, and theStudent Executive Council.

Quality Assurance

The Director of Experiential Educationoversees the quality assurance processes for experiential educationto ensure compliance with established policies, procedures,accreditation standards, affiliation agreements, and expectationsfor practice sites and preceptors. This includes conducting routinesite visits; evaluating preceptor, student, and experiential siteexperiences; monitoring program outcomes and feedback; andidentifying opportunities to improve and streamline processes whilemaintaining or enhancing program quality. The role also engages arepresentative preceptor advisory group to provide ongoing inputregarding practice environments, program support, and emergingneeds.

Preceptor Engagement

The Director of Experiential Educationmaintains strong, collaborative relationships with experientialsites and preceptors across Virginia and the District of Columbiato support high-quality and sustainable experiential educationopportunities. Responsibilities include identifying and recruitingnew sites and preceptors; overseeing the onboarding, training, anddevelopment of preceptors and maintaining regular communicationregarding program goals, objectives, expectations, and changesaffecting experiential education. The Director providesindividualized consultation to preceptors regarding challengingstudent situations, facilitates resolution of concerns, conductssite visits, provides feedback and recognition, and identifiesopportunities to strengthen preceptor knowledge, skills, andengagement.

Staff Supervision

The Director of Experiential Educationoversees the Office of Experiential Education through the directand indirect supervision of two support staff. Routine tasks andduties are delegated in accord with University policy andguidelines.

Teaching Responsibilities

The position serves as a lecturerwithin the Continuous Professional Development course seriesoffered in each of the Pharm.
D. didactic years and as a coursecoordinator of the Continuous Professional D