PreDoc Program Leadership Roles and Responsibilities
| Role | Program Director: Physician20 h/y | Student Director: Medical Student20 h/y | Program Chief: Undergraduate student and graduate of the PreDoc program20 h/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall program administration | • Oversees program in its entirety • Manages program funding | • Serves as a liaison for the junior mentor/mentee relationship | • Notifies students of logistics, yearly schedule, and mentor-mentee pairings • Works with Alumni Chair to create yearly PreDoc Newsletter • Serves as Alumni Chair the following academic year • Annual website update |
| Recruitment | • Oversee student selection with other leaders • Recruits yearly cohort of faculty senior mentors and creates pairings | • Conducts detailed review of applications and helps select students with program leadership • Recruits yearly cohort of medical student junior mentors and creates pairings | • Conducts detailed review of applications and helps select students with program leadership • Communicates with, and conducts a teaching session for the MAPS program to increase interest in program |
| Coordinating, planning, and leading sessions | • Leads yearly senior mentor training session • Helps recruit guest speakers for large group meetings, attends most meetings, and facilitates problem-based learning cases | • Leads yearly junior mentor training session • Aids in coordinating, attends all large group sessions, and facilitates problem-based learning cases • Coleads at least 1 large group session with Program Chief | • Aids in coordinating, communicates schedules with students, attends all large group sessions, and facilitates problem-based learning cases • Coleads at least 1 large group session with Student Director |
| Program evaluation | • Reviews program feedback and creates yearly improvement plan with other leaders | • Reviews program feedback and creates yearly improvement plan with other leadership | • Reviews program feedback and creates yearly improvement plan with other leadership |
Abbreviation: MAPS = Minority Association of Premedical Students.