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The University of California, Davis, School of Medicine aims to meet the health care needs of California communities, including rural residents throughout Northern California. The School of Medicine is home to several innovative programs focused on care for rural and tribal communities and is committed to increasing its efforts to recruit and train students and residents committed to rural practice.

The Associate Dean for Rural Medical Education provides vision, oversight, and coordination of the pre-medical, medical student, and resident education experiences relating to the care of rural communities. The Associate Dean for Rural Medical Education will cultivate existing and develop new partnerships to ensure the highest quality rural health experiences for UC Davis learners.

This position reports to the Vice Dean for Medical Education and works in close collaboration with the Community Health Scholars Program, Office of Medical Education, Office of Graduate Medical Education, and Office of Student and Resident Diversity leadership to oversee all rural education efforts.

The incoming leader will be assigned 50% effort for leadership activities and administration related to the Associate Dean role. In addition, the selected candidate will need to meet the requirements of a clinical faculty member, including holding a clinical faculty appointment in their trained specialty. Additional duties and faculty rank will be influenced by candidate qualifications and interests, departmental needs, and clinical practice requirements, as applicable.

Duties:
• Direct and supervise all rural health educational programs and ensure that the rurally focused premedical, medical, and resident programs are of the highest quality.
• Provide intellectual leadership in designing new initiatives to better serve rural populations.
• Coordinate and facilitate faculty development of rural providers to prepare them to effectively teach and assess learners as volunteer clinical professors.
• Strengthen current and develop new rural partnerships to provide exceptional learning experiences for UC Davis learners across the continuum.
• Assist Office of Admissions and Outreach and Office of Student and Resident Diversity in cultivating rural partnerships and expanded outreach to rural premedical students.
• Foster academic and community collaborations that enhance rural education and healthcare.
• Build partnerships with corporations, foundations, and federal and state agencies.
• Collaborate on initiatives to advance rural public health and assure a stable rural workforce in Northern California.
• Collaborate with Area Health Education Centers coordinating experiences for medical students.
• Provide leadership and advocacy on rural medical education and health issues within the UC Davis Health and University of California system.
• Regularly visit rural training sites to enhance existing partnerships and build new ones.
• Collaborate on rural medical education research and scholarship.
• Work cooperatively and collegially in a highly diverse environment.
• Other responsibilities, as may be assigned by the Vice Dean or Dean.

In addition, clinical faculty responsibilities include: clinical service in the area of specialty; teaching medical students, residents, and fellows; scholarly and creative activity; and University service. All responsibilities will be further determined based on faculty series and rank.

UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus (http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).

We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals’ with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UC Davis positions funded by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected candidate to pass an E-Verify check. More information is available at: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is committed to inclusive excellence by advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. UC Davis celebrates the multi-cultural diversity of its community by creating a welcoming and inclusive environment demonstrated through a variety of resources and programs available to academics, staff, and students. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values of UC Davis that are embedded within our Principles of Community and are tied with how to best serve our student population. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can best be fully realized by members of our academic community who share our commitment to these values, which are included in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Vision, our strategic plan: “To Boldly Go,” our Principles of Community, the Office of Academic Affairs’ Mission Statement, and the UC Board of Regents Policy 4400: Policy on University of California Diversity Statement. UC Davis is making important progress towards our goal of achieving federal designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander-Serving Institution. The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offers a plethora of resources on their website, and the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (HEDI) has outlined similar goals in their Anti-Racism and DEI Action Plan.” There are a plethora of links available on the About Us webpage where you can learn more about our Administration, Diversity and Inclusion, Rankings, Locations, Native American Land Acknowledgement, Sustainability, Visiting UC Davis, UC Davis Health, and Campus Safety.

The university is consistently ranked among the top institutions in the world for campus sustainability practices by the UI Green Metric World University Rankings. UC Davis is focused on achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and repeatedly shown its commitment to preserving a healthy and sustainable environment for generations to come.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs - With Updated Interim Amendments. All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, Religious Objection, and/or Deferral based on pregnancy or recent COVID-19 diagnosis and/or treatment) no later than the applicable deadline. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of receiving the most recent CDC-recommended COVID-19 booster or properly decline such booster no later than the applicable deadline. New University of California employees should refer to Exhibit 2, Section II.C. of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Attachment for applicable deadlines. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of being Up-To-Date on seasonal influenza vaccination or properly decline such vaccination no later than the applicable deadline. Please refer to the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program Attachment.(Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.) Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.