Director of Community Medicine - School Of Medicine

The Director of Community Medicine at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (KPSOM) is a physician healthcare leader responsible for providing strategic, academic and programmatic leadership for community-based clinical education. The Director develops and sustains partnerships with community organizations and clinical training sites and serves as a key liaison between the school and external partners, ensuring high-quality student placement experiences that align with educational objectives, school priorities, and accreditation standards.

The position leads the integration of community-based learning across the curriculum, advancing innovative educational models that reflect diverse care settings. In collaboration with faculty, academic and administrative partners, the role supports program development, site readiness, and capacity planning to ensure scalable and effective community engagement.

The Director also provides academic leadership for the recruitment, development, and support of community-based faculty and preceptors, while promoting consistent student assessment and program improvement through data-driven insights. The leader partners closely with stakeholders to enhance the student experience, foster inclusive learning environments, and contribute to scholarship in community-based medical education and health equity.

• Provides leadership in developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with community organizations and clinical training sites, advancing collaborative opportunities across education, research, clinical care, and community engagement to enhance student learning, and strengthen community impact
• Leads faculty engagement in the development and stewardship of affiliation agreements, MOUs, and strategic partnership agreements with clinical training sites, ensuring sustainable training capacity, regulatory compliance, and alignment with the Schools educational and community engagement objectives.
• Serves as the primary faculty liaison between the department and community partners, fostering collaborative relationships that advance educational, clinical, research, and community health objectives.
• Contributes to departmental and school strategic planning efforts related to community engagement, clinical education, and global health programs.
• Represents the department and school in internal committees, professional organizations, and external community forums to strengthen partnerships and promote institutional priorities.
• Collaborates with administrative and operational partners on student placement planning, scheduling, capacity management, and site readiness to ensure high-quality clinical learning experiences.
• Ensures community-based clinical sites meet institutional, educational, regulatory, and accreditation standards required for student placements
• Operational leadership for the clinical education program, overseeing clinical rotations, and clinical education infrastructure. Provides oversight and resolution of complex clinical scheduling and student placement challenges,
• Leads compliance and accreditation activities by monitoring adherence to school, regulatory, and requirements; coordinating documentation and reporting; implementing corrective actions; and supporting quality improvement initiatives
• Leverages program, student, and stakeholder feedback data to drive improvement of clinical education experiences, community partnerships, and operational processes, while identifying and implementing enhancements to clinical scheduling, data management, and student support services to improve program effectiveness and student success.
• Establishes, monitors, and evaluates performance expectations, operational metrics, and service standards to assess program effectiveness, support accountability, and drive s improvement in clinical education delivery
• Leads the recruitment, onboarding, development, engagement, and ongoing support of community-based faculty and preceptors.
• Oversees the integration of community medicine principles, experiences, and partnerships across all phases of the medical school curriculum.
• Ensures community-based educational experiences are designed, implemented, and continuously evaluated in alignment with the Schools mission, educational program outcomes, curricular objectives, and accreditation standards, promoting high-quality learning experiences and meaningful community engagement
• Partners with faculty development leaders and community partners to design, implement, and evaluate training programs, educational resources, and best practices that enhance teaching effectiveness, learner assessment, and educational quality across community-based clinical learning environment
• Ensures accurate tracking, monitoring, and reporting of student progression toward graduation requirements, identifying potential gaps and coordinating timely interventions to support student success and compliance with academic standards.
• Serves as a faculty resource and advisor for students participating in community-based learning experiences, addressing concerns, facilitating issue resolution, and partnering with course and clerkship leadership to ensure a safe, inclusive, supportive, and high-quality learning environment across community-based training sites.
• Contributes to and supports scholarly activities related to community-based medical education, health equity, community partnerships through educational innovation, program evaluation, collaborative research, presentations, publications, and dissemination of best practices.