Medical Education, Senior Specialist

The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association dedicated to transforming health care by supporting the entire spectrum of medical education, medical research, and patient care conducted by our member institutions. We are dedicated to the communities we serve and steadfast in our goal to improve the health of all.

At the AAMC, we are committed to supporting our employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance. Highlights include:

• Remote Work – Fully remote work available for most positions 

• Retirement Savings – Generous 403(b) employer contributions and financial wellness resources, including professional financial advising. 

• Health & Wellness Perks – Fitness and bicycle subsidies, on-site and virtual wellness programs (live yoga, meditation, mental health webinars, flu shot clinics, and more) 

• Support & Family Care – Employer paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and back-up care options for children, adults, elders, and even pets 

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Why us, why now?

The Senior Specialist of Medical Education assists portfolio and Cluster leadership by researching and synthesizing information and data to produce scholarly articles, background papers, presentations, talking points, and training materials on a wide variety of topics related to medical education. They serve as a trusted resource and content expert in medical education and scholarship. The Senior Specialist monitors the educational literature to identify emerging issues and innovations in medical education, including but not limited to competency-based learning and assessment and artificial intelligence in medical education. They document their review of the latest research and report findings of relevance for the Cluster and synthesize information to produce presentations, talking points, reports, and newsletters on a variety of medical education topics for Cluster leadership.

How will you make an impact?

Manage diverse writing teams to produce medical education products and resources for multiple audiences.

• Manage matrixed teams consisting of diverse members depending on the project, to produce new resource collections, white papers, and tools for audiences identified by the Cluster and/or portfolio as high-priority. For example, developing data snapshots for the SCOPE survey, program evaluation for the MERC certificate program, and managing the Equity in Learning collection.

Participate in research projects as assigned

• Work as a member of a team to produce high quality medical education research as Cluster goals necessitate on areas of high-priority such as competency based education and artificial intelligence in medical education.

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