Description

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Harbor-UCLA) is a Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 2 Pediatric Trauma
Center in Torrance, California. Harbor-UCLA serves as a crucial Department of Health Services (DHS)
safety net hospital for the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, and it boasts a decades-long track
record of exceptional care delivery, education, and innovation. The Los Angeles County DHS is the
nation’s second largest metropolitan health system. The DHS mission is to “advance the health of our
patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care,” and its vision is to be, “recognized
nationally as a model integrated health system.” The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at
Harbor-UCLA has more than 90,000 patient visits annually from a largely underserved population.
The DEM has a storied history as one of the nation’s first Emergency Medicine residencies, the site of
the first formal paramedic training program, and has a track record of outstanding training and highly
influential faculty contributions in clinical care, education, leadership, research, and innovation.

Harbor-UCLA is a key teaching hospital for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. UCLA consistently
ranks as one of the nation’s top medical schools and health systems, and its mission is to
“deliver leading-edge patient care, research, education, and community engagement.”

Administrative and Educational Duties

The Director of Undergraduate Medical Education (DUME) will be a leader within the Department of
Emergency Medicine (DEM). At the direction of the DEM Chair and Executive Vice Chair (EVC), the
DUME will oversee all undergraduate medical education activities, including second year and sub internship
clerkships, ultrasound electives, student precepting, and other related activities within the
DEM and serve as the DEM’s primary liaison to UCLA for undergraduate medical education (UME)
matters. The DUME will be responsible for continuous curriculum development and innovation, student
assessment, grade reporting and tracking, compliance with all applicable Liaison Committee on
Medical Education (LCME) requirements, student well-being, scheduling, learner remediation, and
intern recruiting among other activities. In addition, the DUME is expected to have a commitment to
advancing educational scholarship.

As a full-time faculty member at a premier academic institution with emergency medicine resident
and fellow training and student educational programs, the DUME will be expected to: attend EM Faculty
meetings, present progress to DEM executive leadership, attend departmental and institutional
educational meetings, contribute regularly to the residency didactic curriculum, and attend DEM conferences.
Additional meetings and duties may be assigned by the Chair or EVC. The DUME is expected
to work in close collaboration with the Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director to optimize
learner schedules and recruit outstanding, diverse intern classes. Faculty are expected to dedicate
sufficient effort to administrative and education duties to achieve excellent results.

Clinical Duties

The DUME will provide clinical coverage in the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments and will
be assigned shifts providing direct patient care, including nights, weekends, and holidays, according
to DEM practices. The shift load may vary, at the discretion of the Chair, based on departmental
needs. During shifts, the faculty member will be responsible for the education and supervision of various
learners, including medical students, nurse practitioners, resident physicians, fellows, as well as
the provision of direct patient care. The faculty member will be expected to evaluate both learners
and peers on a regular basis.

Scholarly and Academic Activities

The DUME will be expected to produce academic and creative work. The creative work may span a
variety of areas including educational research, health services research, or other relevant scholarship.
The incumbent will work with the EVC and research faculty to plan and guide scholarly activities.
These efforts should result in publications that advance knowledge and demonstrate the impact
of the faculty member’s work. The DUME must merit appointment at the academic rank of non-tenured
Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor or higher in the Department of Emergency Medicine
at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Required Qualifications
Faculty candidates must be board certified or board eligible

Requirements

Faculty candidates must be board certified or board eligible in Emergency Medicine by either the
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency
Medicine. The DUME must have additional relevant training or experience in education. This may
include a master’s degree in education, completion of a medical education fellowship, previous service
as a Clerkship Director, relevant work in a medical school dean’s office, or other relevant medical
education training or experience. Emergency Medicine subspecialty certification or training in other
fields is also desirable. The ideal DUME candidate should possess a rich portfolio of skills and experiences
related to education, educational scholarship, leadership, and emergency medical care. The
candidate should have a keen interest in improving UME within the DEM and beyond. The candidate
should have strong problem-solving capabilities and a demonstrated track record of teamwork and
relationship building.

The County of Los Angeles is an active equal opportunity employer.

Applicants should send a letter of interest and CV to:
Alexander Grohmann, MD
Chair, DUME Search Committee
Director of Emergency Medicine Critical Care
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Health Sciences Assistant Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
AGrohmann@dhs.lacounty.gov