Block Directors

The Block Co-Director functions under the authority of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Education Policy Committee (EPC) and its relevant subcommittees and Leadership.  The Block Co-Director is responsible for building and fostering a positive and inclusive academic and team-based learning environment for the faculty and medical students. 

 The FTE for each block varies bases on the number of weeks in the block.  

• Leadership is based on a 32-hour week 
• Block curriculum is 20 hrs. per week, excluding Clinical "Wednesday" curriculum
• 2 co-directors for Blocks up to 6 weeks long; up to 2 additional co-directors can be added to blocks with 7+ weeks (total FTE would not change) 

*FTE for individual co-directors determined by the number of co-directors sharing total Block FTE 

Duties and Essential Job Functions  

• Organize and supervise the block, including schedule development  
• Develop block level teaching materials including the block syllabus that includes learning objectives and instructional methods, consistent with T.H. Chan School of Medicine program objectives and competencies; review/revise and update these materials as needed and at least annually.    
• Works with educational specialist to maintain content within a BBL templated site   
• Provide a list of resources to be utilized by faculty and students in the block  
• Collaborate across blocks with other block directors to ensure horizontal and vertical integration of the curriculum  
• Create education experiences that add value to student learning and competency  
• Recruit new faculty to teach in the block 
• Organize core small group learning sessions with educational specialists and attend, if needed  
• Provide supervision and oversight of the block faculty and implementation of teaching program 
• Conduct evaluation and structured observation of block teaching faculty and provide feedback 
• Prepare block assessments and chair the Block Exam Review Team 
• Determine students’ grades and fill out final grade sheets within timelines set by the OUME  
• Support students – communicate with students and respond to their queries in a timely manner 
• Collaborate with CAA, IREA, and OSA to support student needs 
• Prepare annual post-block review/ self-evaluation of the Block and present to the Discovery Phase Curriculum Committee 
• Serve on School of Medicine Discovery Phase Curriculum Committee and attend other curricular committees as assigned 
• Other related responsibilities as needed and/or identified assigned by the T.H. School of Medicine to further its educational mission