About the Role
The Associate DIO/Director of CME supports the Designated Institutional Official in overseeing Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs, ensuring compliance with ACGME standards, and fostering a high-quality clinical learning environment. This role also provides oversight for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of continuing medical education (CME) activities, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and ACCME standards.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the DIO’s delegate for ACGME accreditation oversight.
- Provide leadership for GME programs to ensure high-quality, cost-efficient, and satisfying healthcare delivery.
- Collaborate with the DIO and administrative leadership to monitor institutional and program-level accreditation compliance.
- Participate in the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) and lead subcommittees (e.g., Program Review, Curriculum).
- Oversee Annual Program Evaluations and Accreditation Data System updates.
- Advise program directors on academically underperforming trainees.
- Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within GME.
- Support improvements in the clinical learning environment, including quality, safety, and wellbeing.
- Represent the DIO in their absence, including interactions with ACGME and chairing GMEC meetings.
- Lead faculty development activities and retreats.
- Ensure CME activities comply with ACCME criteria and institutional policies.
- Maintain documentation and inform leadership of regulatory changes.
- Coordinate with committees and departments to develop CME policies.
- Oversee logistics for CME activities (e.g., facilities, AV, personnel).
- Ensure compliance for jointly provided CME activities.
- Identify practice gaps and educational needs of learners.
- Develop CME activities that are independent of commercial interests.
- Collaborate with faculty and committees to plan CME content, learning objectives, and formats.
- Resolve conflicts of interest and evaluate CME outcomes.
- Incorporate new teaching methodologies and technologies into CME programming.
- Provide clinical duties in respective specialties as an Attending Physician (Faculty).
Requirements
- MD or DO degree; board certified with an active medical license.
- Minimum 3 years of clinical experience and leadership in medical education.
- Experience as a residency or fellowship program director.
- Strong communication, strategic planning, and conflict resolution skills.
- Familiarity with ACGME requirements, institutional policies and CME planning.
- Experience in medical education administration.
- Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
Skills
- ACGME accreditation oversight
- GME program leadership
- Accreditation compliance monitoring
- GMEC participation
- Program Review
- Curriculum development
- Annual Program Evaluations
- Accreditation Data System updates
- Trainee advising
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Clinical learning environment improvement
- Quality improvement
- Safety improvement
- Wellbeing support
- ACGME interaction
- GMEC meeting chairing
- Faculty development
- ACCME criteria compliance
- CME policy development
- CME activity logistics
- Jointly provided CME compliance
- Practice gap identification
- Educational needs assessment
- Independent CME activity development
- CME content planning
- CME learning objective development
- CME format planning
- Conflict resolution
- CME outcome evaluation
- New teaching methodologies
- New technologies in CME
- Strategic planning
- Organizational skills
Experience Level
- Minimum 3 years of clinical experience and leadership in medical education
Education Level
- MD or DO degree
- Board certified
