Assistant Director of Physical Therapy Clinical Education and Asst/Associate Clinical Professor or Clinical Professor

• Ensures that students are assigned to a variety of clinical education experiences
• Supports and consults with students regarding decision making of their clinical education experiences
• Helps prepare students for the transition from classroom to clinic
• Facilitates problem resolution and monitors action plans designed to improve student performance
• Facilitates reflective discussions with students prior to and following each clinical education experience

• Assesses clinical faculty using a variety of sources of feedback
• Provides constructive feedback to clinical education faculty for continuous performance improvement
• Provides ongoing communication with clinical educators at each clinical education site to include:
• Philosophy of academic program
• Academic program curriculum and specific learning objectives for each clinical education experience
• Coordination of student assignments
• Administers courtesy clinical faculty appointments to exemplary clinical instructors and/or clinical mentors
• Facilitates clinical education faculty professional development for enhanced clinical instruction (e.g. through involvement of professional development activities sponsored by the Philadelphia Area Clinical Education Consortium, including APTA CI Credentialing course)
• Development, management and administration of online CPI training courses

• Analyzes feedback from clinical sites and students to assess the strengths and needs of the clinical education program
• Integrates outcomes from the assessment to make recommendations regarding the curriculum to academic faculty
• Informs clinical faculty when there are Program, College, and/or University changes that affect them
• Synthesizes and documents clinical education data required by the Commission on the Accreditation of Physical Therapist Education

• Assists the Director of Clinical Education in establishing, developing, and maintaining the number and variety of clinical sites that are of a sufficient quantity, quality, and diversity of learning experiences
• Establishes a comprehensive, ongoing systematic data collection process and database for preparing clinical education reports and site information
• Ensures that current legal and liability requirements are met
• Reviews all contracts with clinical sites and facilitates negotiations between the university and the sites
• Administers policies and procedures for immunization and preventive health care practices (eg. Child abuse clearance, background checks, drug screening, OSHA and HIPAA training)
• Ensures liability protection of students inclusive of professional, governmental, institutional, and current risk management principles
• Implements fair and impartial procedures for student selection and placement in clinical sites
• Follows institutional policies and procedures to verify students' eligibility for clinical education coursework
• Coordinates contacts (via telephone, virtual conference or site visit) of clinical sites during student clinical education experiences to assess student performance, clinical faculty needs, and clinical site
• Follows Program guidelines for assessing and assigning grades for students' clinical education coursework

• Networks with clinical education consortia and clinical educators locally, regionally, and nationally to advance clinical education
• Supports College wide clinical education initiatives
• Promotes academic faculty investment about their roles/responsibility in clinical education
• Enhances clinical education through innovative use of technology

• Disseminates the Program's policy and procedure manual for clinical education to students, clinical instructors, and Site Coordinator of Clinical Education (SCCE)
• Provides sufficient communication to address student, clinical, and academic program needs

• Models professional behaviors consistent with APTA's Core Values (accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility)
• Demonstrates organizational skills in coordinating the clinical education program
• Responds to unexpected situations and demands using productive problem-solving skills

• Minimum of PhD or Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Rehab Sciences, or other qualifying doctoral degree.
• Minimum of 5 plus years of experience.
• Commitment to excellence in physical therapy teaching and education
• An evidence-informed focus and growth mindset
• Strong communication skills
• Evidence of productivity working with teams of people
• Commitment to the mission, vision, values, and direction of the PTRS department, College of Nursing & Health Professions, Drexel University.
• Physical therapy licensure or eligibility in the State of Pennsylvania.
• APTA membership or willingness to become a member on hire.

• Teaching experience in physical therapy including clinical education.
• Post-professional degree or interest in obtaining one (i.e., PhD, EdD, DHSc, DSc, ScD) and-or board certification in a physical therapy specialty.
• Content expertise in acute care, cardiopulmonary, neurorehabilitation, geriatrics, neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation, population health, or health policy. Applications are welcome from strong candidates from all physical therapy specialty areas.
• Engaged or interested in becoming actively engaged in the APTA and its academies.

• Typically sitting at a desk/table

• University City - Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University