The position, reporting to the Director of the Centre for Collaborative Health Professional Education, entails collaboration with the Centre’s Coordinator and Research Staff. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing a curriculum and establishing an evaluation framework to facilitate a sustainable system of province-wide partnerships for inter-professional education (IPE) and practice, covering the entire spectrum of professional development. Key partners include leadership in Health/Social professional training programs within Memorial, College of the North Atlantic health professional training programs, Regional Health Authorities, Provincial Departments of Education and Health and Community Services, and Community Agencies.
The primary duties involve the creation and leadership of a stakeholder advisory committee with representation from partner groups. This committee will be tasked with developing and implementing an inter-professional education (IPE) needs/capacity assessment for all potential partners. Other responsibilities include conducting literature reviews and environmental scans, developing a blueprint for a provincial, patient-centered, comprehensive, evidence-based IPE curriculum spanning health/social care professional education, and creating a framework for meaningful impact evaluation. The candidate will also prepare a report outlining the revised IPE curriculum for partner group discussion, revising as necessary.
Required Skills
The ideal candidate should possess 3-5 years of experience in program evaluation, including the evaluation of educational innovations, and hold a PhD in Education or a related field. Alternatively, candidates with 5-10 years of thorough experience in program evaluation, including the evaluation of educational innovations, and completion of a Master’s degree in Education will be considered. A solid foundation in pedagogy, excellent interpersonal skills, and strong oral and written communication skills are essential. This role demands intelligence, innovation, creativity, and passion, requiring the successful candidate to be a leader who embraces challenges, solves problems, and thinks progressively.
