Call for Applications: Director, Undergraduate Learner Affairs, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto

On behalf of Dr. Patricia Houston, Vice Dean Medical Education and Dr. Tony Pignatiello, Associate Dean, Learner Affairs

Dear Colleagues,
Applications are invited for the position of Director, Undergraduate Learner Affairs, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. This position is for a three-year term contingent upon successful performance and annual review.

The Director, Undergraduate Learner Affairs provides leadership for the development, delivery, evaluation, and improvement of learner affairs supports, services and programming for MD, MD/PhD, Physician Assistant (PA), Occupational Therapy (OT) and Medical Radiation Science (MRS) learners at both the St George and Mississauga campuses. The Director will take a leading and supportive role at both system and individual learner levels, with a particular focus on students in academic or professionalism difficulty, absence and leave requests, academic accommodations, learner experience/mistreatment concerns, and the CaRMS/residency match process.

Faculty members interested in this position must submit:

  • A letter of interest including a short statement on contributions to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity and Accessibility (EDIIA) and how their work has contributed to, and aligns with the core values of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine (two pages max.);
  • Curriculum Vitae

Full details can be found in the attached Call for Applications and Position Description.

All application materials must be received by the closing date, Monday, October 25, 2021, 12:00 p.m. (EST) and should be submitted to:

Attn: Dr. Tony Pignatiello
c/o Andrew McLeod, Office of the Vice Dean Medical Education at vicedean.meded@utoronto.ca

For any questions about this position, please contact Dr. Tony Pignatiello, Associate Dean, Learner Affairs (tony.pignatiello@utoronto.ca).

Sincerely,

Patricia Houston MD, MEd, FRCPC
Vice Dean, Medical Education

Tony Pignatiello MD, FRCPC
Associate Dean, Learner Affairs