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Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Hospital and Clinical Affiliates Curriculum Coordinator - Dept. of Undergraduate Medical Education at its Detroit campus location.
Wayne State is a premier, public, urban research university located in the heart of Detroit, Michigan where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, high-quality education. Our deep-rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity, diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities which prepare students for success in a global society.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Position Purpose:
The Hospital and Clinical Affiliates Curriculum Coordinator will manage and run the required clerkships assigned to the segment 3 (third year, M3) medical students, and will work in concert with and under the guidance of the Associate Dean for Clinical Education and the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education and Curricular Affairs. This position will provide leadership within the clerkships in support of the individual clerkship directors (MD/DO) and the departmental coordinators, the hospitals, and other affiliates, and within the SOM in collaboration with the other administrative areas. This position reports to the Director, Undergraduate Medical Education and Curricular Affairs.
Essential Functions:
Operations: Manage the Clerkship curriculum for Curricular Affairs
- Execute the segment 3 curriculum.
- Manage the day-to-day operation and organization of the clerkships at the 6-8 disparate major clinical sites and multiple smaller clinics and offices.
- Act as the student facing and hospital facing liaison for curricular affairs in the clerkship curriculum.
Operations: Resource Coordination
- Coordinate resources for learning. Organize a learning library of resources for clerkships in a central location (in cooperation with the Shiffman Library).
- Author, maintain and utilize Canvas sites for clerkships and the Step 2 preparation initiative.
- Manage Canvas learning platform on all clerkships to maintain consistency. Monitor for syllabi changes and inter-relatability. Track experiences centrally.
Communication: Students
- Communication with all clerkship students, including authoring and updating of weekly newsletters and updates using WSU templates of best practices.
- Organization of student success meetings and academic intervention and meetings with deans.
- Author and distribute student updates and surveys quarterly in effort to build student recognition of achievement in learning and confidence.
- Construct, distribute, and manage surveys to current and past students for monitoring of curriculum.
- Organize communication and orientation for M2 rising M3 students, including the scheduling process along with the Integrated Curriculum Coordinator.
- Lead the combined efforts on clinical site selection and assignment. Manage communication with students.
Communication: Faculty and preceptors
- Organization, maintenance, and crafting communication with segment 3 faculty and residents in clinical sites via broadcast email service (e.g., Constant Contact).
- Updating yearly (or more frequently) common clerkship requirements and presentation at monthly meetings.
- Generation of regular and specific agenda items for review at biweekly meetings of the clerkship personnel.
- Collaborate with curricular affairs data analyst for generation of regular reports as guided by the clerkship directors.
- Take the lead with all meetings regarding the clinical education delivery organization. Agenda and follow through of action items for these committees. Implement ideas originating from meetings.
Operations: Faculty and Resident integration with curriculum
- Work with Office of Faculty Affairs and the Curricular Affairs Data Analyst to lead the identification of faculty appointment process with teaching in accordance with LCME regulations. Welcome new clinical teachers into their roles, reaching out with resources and contacts and New Innovations information.
- Manage CME for teaching authentication for all m3 clinical faculty needing such.
- Manage faculty evaluation process, including security, distribution, reporting to programs and service chairs.
- Work with curricular affairs data analyst to maintain and report faculty performance, updating the dean and the Office of Faculty Affairs.
- Process and track clerkship performance data. Collect distribute collate and archive clerkship and segment data.
Operations: Outcomes monitoring
- Manage and track use of simulation across clerkships/clinical curriculum in concert with the Longitudinal and Integrated curriculum coordinator, Clinical Ambulatory Site Coordinator and Kado Clinical Skills Center.
- Plan and coordinate ad hoc conferences, research and support meetings, and summits for curricular affairs in cooperation with clinical sites.
- Tracking of student progress through the clerkship curriculum.
- Tracking and follow up on student appeals and grading concerns.
Operations: Planning and forecasting
- Map, follow, and plan student cohort for the year preceding clerkships, maintaining, and presenting estimates to allow for financially sound acquisition of clinical affiliations.
- Maintain dashboard of clinical placements and capacities.
- Maintain dashboard and up to date rosters of all levels of the clerkship at all hospitals. Lead communications with clerkship directors, site directors, hospital and department coordinators, and administration. Update weekly and maintain online list.
- Coordinate meetings and cooperation with Enrollment Management.
- Make annual visits to affiliates to meet with coordinators.
Innovation
- Take lead, in cooperation and at the direction of the curriculum management committee, in implementing new programming.
- Participate and take leadership role in educational grant (AMA) projects in curricular development and design.
- Champion new SOM initiatives including continued development of the Highways to Excellence curriculum and Wayne Trained curricular innovations.
- Design and implementation of novel evaluation instruments for students and preceptors.
- Innovation of new opportunities for delivery and assessment of curriculum.
- Develop support systems for Step 2 CK exam preparation.
- Develop and implement intervention programs for students struggling with clerkship exam performance.
- Act as a key driver and organizer of the ever-changing developing new curriculum efforts and local champion of the Change Med Ed AMA initiatives.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Healthcare Administration or related field required.
Experience:
Experienced (minimum 2 years of job-related experience)
Two years’ experience working in a medical education environment preferred.
Experience in the operational activities of GME office environments including computing technology, recruitment, and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) regulations.
Experience in leading projects preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Expertise in use of Qualtrics, Excel, Canvas, New Innovations, and Maxient platforms.
- Ability to work with third party communication platforms for distribution of material. Organize, plan, and communicate new initiatives.
- Understanding of and willingness to develop skills and expertise in the employment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the clerkship curriculum and use in curricular affairs tasks and missions.
- Ability to communicate with multiple clinicians, faculty, coordinators, directors, and the many hospital settings used for our core clerkships.
- Ability to draft, develop and actively manage projects for curricular maintenance and improvement.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
School/College/Division:
H06 - School of Medicine
Primary department:
H0671 - Undergraduate Medical Education
Employment type:
- Regular Employee
- Job type: Full Time
- Job category: Staff/Administrative
Funding/salary information:
- Compensation type: Annual Salary
- Salary minimum: $51,274.00
- Salary hire maximum: $61,531.00
WORKING CONDITIONS
Normal office environment. Occasional travel to off-site clinical affiliates.
JOB OPENINGS
- Number of openings: 1
- Reposted position: No
- Reposted reason: None (New Requisition)
BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS
University policy requires certain persons who are offered employment to undergo a background check, including a criminal history check, before starting work. If you are offered employment, the university will inform you if a background check is required.
INTRODUCTION
Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Hospital and Clinical Affiliates Curriculum Coordinator - Dept. of Undergraduate Medical Education at its Detroit campus location.
Wayne State is a premier, public, urban research university located in the heart of Detroit, Michigan where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, high-quality education. Our deep-rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity, diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities which prepare students for success in a global society.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Position Purpose:
The Hospital and Clinical Affiliates Curriculum Coordinator will manage and run the required clerkships assigned to the segment 3 (third year, M3) medical students, and will work in concert with and under the guidance of the Associate Dean for Clinical Education and the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education and Curricular Affairs. This position will provide leadership within the clerkships in support of the individual clerkship directors (MD/DO) and the departmental coordinators, the hospitals, and other affiliates, and within the SOM in collaboration with the other administrative areas. This position reports to the Director, Undergraduate Medical Education and Curricular Affairs.
Essential Functions:
Operations: Manage the Clerkship curriculum for Curricular Affairs
- Execute the segment 3 curriculum.
- Manage the day-to-day operation and organization of the clerkships at the 6-8 disparate major clinical sites and multiple smaller clinics and offices.
- Act as the student facing and hospital facing liaison for curricular affairs in the clerkship curriculum.
Operations: Resource Coordination
- Coordinate resources for learning. Organize a learning library of resources for clerkships in a central location (in cooperation with the Shiffman Library).
- Author, maintain and utilize Canvas sites for clerkships and the Step 2 preparation initiative.
- Manage Canvas learning platform on all clerkships to maintain consistency. Monitor for syllabi changes and inter-relatability. Track experiences centrally.
Communication: Students
- Communication with all clerkship students, including authoring and updating of weekly newsletters and updates using WSU templates of best practices.
- Organization of student success meetings and academic intervention and meetings with deans.
- Author and distribute student updates and surveys quarterly in effort to build student recognition of achievement in learning and confidence.
- Construct, distribute, and manage surveys to current and past students for monitoring of curriculum.
- Organize communication and orientation for M2 rising M3 students, including the scheduling process along with the Integrated Curriculum Coordinator.
- Lead the combined efforts on clinical site selection and assignment. Manage communication with students.
Communication: Faculty and preceptors
- Organization, maintenance, and crafting communication with segment 3 faculty and residents in clinical sites via broadcast email service (e.g., Constant Contact).
- Updating yearly (or more frequently) common clerkship requirements and presentation at monthly meetings.
- Generation of regular and specific agenda items for review at biweekly meetings of the clerkship personnel.
- Collaborate with curricular affairs data analyst for generation of regular reports as guided by the clerkship directors.
- Take the lead with all meetings regarding the clinical education delivery organization. Agenda and follow through of action items for these committees. Implement ideas originating from meetings.
Operations: Faculty and Resident integration with curriculum
- Work with Office of Faculty Affairs and the Curricular Affairs Data Analyst to lead the identification of faculty appointment process with teaching in accordance with LCME regulations. Welcome new clinical teachers into their roles, reaching out with resources and contacts and New Innovations information.
- Manage CME for teaching authentication for all m3 clinical faculty needing such.
- Manage faculty evaluation process, including security, distribution, reporting to programs and service chairs.
- Work with curricular affairs data analyst to maintain and report faculty performance, updating the dean and the Office of Faculty Affairs.
- Process and track clerkship performance data. Collect distribute collate and archive clerkship and segment data.
Operations: Outcomes monitoring
- Manage and track use of simulation across clerkships/clinical curriculum in concert with the Longitudinal and Integrated curriculum coordinator, Clinical Ambulatory Site Coordinator and Kado Clinical Skills Center.
- Plan and coordinate ad hoc conferences, research and support meetings, and summits for curricular affairs in cooperation with clinical sites.
- Tracking of student progress through the clerkship curriculum.
- Tracking and follow up on student appeals and grading concerns.
Operations: Planning and forecasting
- Map, follow, and plan student cohort for the year preceding clerkships, maintaining, and presenting estimates to allow for financially sound acquisition of clinical affiliations.
- Maintain dashboard of clinical placements and capacities.
- Maintain dashboard and up to date rosters of all levels of the clerkship at all hospitals. Lead communications with clerkship directors, site directors, hospital and department coordinators, and administration. Update weekly and maintain online list.
- Coordinate meetings and cooperation with Enrollment Management.
- Make annual visits to affiliates to meet with coordinators.
Innovation
- Take lead, in cooperation and at the direction of the curriculum management committee, in implementing new programming.
- Participate and take leadership role in educational grant (AMA) projects in curricular development and design.
- Champion new SOM initiatives including continued development of the Highways to Excellence curriculum and Wayne Trained curricular innovations.
- Design and implementation of novel evaluation instruments for students and preceptors.
- Innovation of new opportunities for delivery and assessment of curriculum.
- Develop support systems for Step 2 CK exam preparation.
- Develop and implement intervention programs for students struggling with clerkship exam performance.
- Act as a key driver and organizer of the ever-changing developing new curriculum efforts and local champion of the Change Med Ed AMA initiatives.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Healthcare Administration or related field required.
Experience:
Experienced (minimum 2 years of job-related experience)
Two years’ experience working in a medical education environment preferred.
Experience in the operational activities of GME office environments including computing technology, recruitment, and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) regulations.
Experience in leading projects preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Expertise in use of Qualtrics, Excel, Canvas, New Innovations, and Maxient platforms.
- Ability to work with third party communication platforms for distribution of material. Organize, plan, and communicate new initiatives.
- Understanding of and willingness to develop skills and expertise in the employment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the clerkship curriculum and use in curricular affairs tasks and missions.
- Ability to communicate with multiple clinicians, faculty, coordinators, directors, and the many hospital settings used for our core clerkships.
- Ability to draft, develop and actively manage projects for curricular maintenance and improvement.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
School/College/Division:
H06 - School of Medicine
Primary department:
H0671 - Undergraduate Medical Education
Employment type:
- Regular Employee
- Job type: Full Time
- Job category: Staff/Administrative
Funding/salary information:
- Compensation type: Annual Salary
- Salary minimum: $51,274.00
- Salary hire maximum: $61,531.00
WORKING CONDITIONS
Normal office environment. Occasional travel to off-site clinical affiliates.
JOB OPENINGS
- Number of openings: 1
- Reposted position: No
- Reposted reason: None (New Requisition)
BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS
University policy requires certain persons who are offered employment to undergo a background check, including a criminal history check, before starting work. If you are offered employment, the university will inform you if a background check is required.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Curriculum Coordinator
Lead with your degree alignment
Curriculum Coordinator roles require a direct connection between your degree and the job. Emphasize your education or instructional design background upfront. Employers need to see a clear degree-to-role match before considering OPT sponsorship or future H-1B visa support.
Target education-heavy organizations
School districts, edtech companies, nonprofits, and higher education institutions hire Curriculum Coordinators regularly and often have established OPT and H-1B sponsorship processes. These employers are more familiar with work authorization than general corporate hiring teams.
Highlight curriculum development projects concretely
Generic resumes lose out. Document specific curricula you designed, learning outcomes you improved, or assessment frameworks you built. Measurable impact, such as improved student performance or faster onboarding, makes your case for sponsorship far more compelling.
Raise OPT status early and professionally
Mention your OPT authorization in your cover letter or initial outreach rather than waiting for an offer. This filters out employers who won't sponsor and saves time. Frame it as current work authorization, not a future immigration request.
Understand your STEM extension eligibility
If your degree is in a STEM-designated field like instructional technology or educational data systems, you may qualify for a 24-month OPT extension. That extra time significantly increases your attractiveness to employers weighing long-term sponsorship decisions.
Build relationships within curriculum and learning teams
Many Curriculum Coordinator roles are filled through referrals or internal networks. Connect with instructional designers, curriculum specialists, and learning and development professionals. A referral from within a team dramatically improves your odds of sponsorship consideration.
Curriculum Coordinator OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Curriculum Coordinator role qualify as a specialty occupation for OPT and H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. Curriculum Coordinator positions that require a bachelor's degree or higher in education, instructional design, curriculum development, or a related field typically qualify as specialty occupations. The key factor is whether the employer's job description ties the role to a specific degree field rather than accepting any bachelor's degree. Roles at structured organizations like universities or edtech companies tend to have stronger specialty occupation arguments.
Can I work as a Curriculum Coordinator on post-completion OPT?
Yes, provided your degree field relates directly to curriculum development, education, or instructional design. OPT requires that your employment be directly tied to your major area of study. A Curriculum Coordinator role is a strong fit for graduates in education, learning design, or related fields. If your degree is in an unrelated area, the connection becomes harder to justify, which could create issues with your DSO's reporting requirements.
Which types of employers are most likely to sponsor Curriculum Coordinators for H-1B after OPT?
Edtech companies, school districts, higher education institutions, and large corporate learning and development teams are the most active sponsors for Curriculum Coordinator roles. These organizations hire repeatedly in this field and often have immigration counsel already in place. You can browse Curriculum Coordinator roles with sponsorship potential directly on Migrate Mate, which filters for employers familiar with OPT and visa sponsorship.
Does my Curriculum Coordinator job need to be full-time to maintain OPT status?
Not necessarily, but there are strict rules. Post-completion OPT requires at least 20 hours of work per week to remain in valid status. Full-time employment is ideal and makes future H-1B sponsorship conversations simpler, but part-time work above the 20-hour threshold does count. Your DSO must be kept updated on your employment details, including employer name, job title, and start date, throughout your OPT period.
What happens to my OPT if my Curriculum Coordinator employer goes through layoffs or my contract ends?
You enter a grace period of up to 90 days of unemployment during post-completion OPT. This time accumulates, so prior unemployment counts toward it. You must report the job loss to your DSO immediately and begin actively seeking new qualifying employment. If you cannot secure a new Curriculum Coordinator or related role within the grace period, you may lose your OPT status and need to depart the U.S. or change to another visa status.