Department: Osteopathic Medicine

Reports to: BSOM Dean

Job Status: Full-Time, Regular

Travel Required: Occasional travel

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary

The Associate Dean of Osteopathic Medicine is an integral member of the Benedictine College School of Osteopathic Medicine (BSOM) leadership team and provides strategic leadership for ensuring that the BSOM educational experience is distinctly and comprehensively osteopathic. Reporting to the Dean, the Associate Dean leads the development, implementation, integration, and continuous improvement of Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) throughout the four-year Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine curriculum.

The Associate Dean ensures that the curriculum provides an immersive osteopathic educational experience grounded in the defining tenets, principles, practices, and applications of osteopathic medicine and intentionally aligns with Catholic Anthropology and Bioethics. Osteopathic principles will serve as a foundational framework for the curriculum, emphasizing a comprehensive approach to patient evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, clinical reasoning, and whole-person care, including the appropriate application of osteopathic manipulative treatment.

The Associate Dean provides leadership for the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine through effective strategic planning, resource management, faculty development, curricular innovation, assessment, and continuous quality improvement. Working collaboratively with executive faculty leaders, course directors, clinical educators, and other members of the academic leadership team, the Associate Dean ensures that osteopathic philosophy and practice are meaningfully integrated across the preclinical and clinical curriculum and reflected throughout the student educational experience.

To be successful in this role, the Associate Dean must possess a comprehensive understanding of and deep appreciation for the defining tenets of osteopathic medicine and their application to holistic, patient-centered care. The Associate Dean is responsible for advancing and sustaining a truly osteopathic training experience that is consistent with the mission of BSOM, the principles of Catholic medical education, and the accreditation standards of the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA).

Job Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for OMM/OPP education consistent with the mission, strategic direction, and osteopathic identity of BSOM.
• Lead the design, integration, assessment, sustainability, and continuous improvement of the OMM/OPP curriculum across all four years, ensuring alignment with current evidence, best practices, and evolving standards.
• Promote integration of osteopathic principles and practices throughout preclinical and clinical education, including clerkships, residency training, and continuing medical education.
• Lead, recruit, mentor, and evaluate OMM faculty while fostering collaboration with biomedical and clinical faculty and supporting ongoing faculty development.
• Participate in teaching OMM laboratories, lectures, clinical skills, and other educational activities.
• Mentor students in osteopathic identity, professional formation, scholarship, and career development.
• Provide administrative leadership for the Department of OMM, including departmental resources, facilities, equipment, laboratories, scheduling, assessments, and educational activities.
• Ensure compliance with COCA accreditation standards and institutional policies and contribute to accreditation preparation, reporting, self-study, site visits, assessment, and continuous quality improvement.
• Develop, support and represent BSOM in local, regional, and national osteopathic organizations and in educational programs that promote understanding and application of osteopathic principles and practices among faculty, students, staff, alumni, and the broader Benedictine College and Atchison community.
• Promote osteopathic research and scholarly activity by mentoring faculty and students in research, presentations, publications, and other scholarly endeavors.
• Develop partnerships with clinical faculty and affiliated sites to expand opportunities for osteopathic clinical practice and incorporation of OMM into patient care.
• Ensure and support mission alignment and achievement of SOM goals.

Required Qualifications

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from a COCA-accredited college of osteopathic medicine. 
• Current unrestricted medical license or ability to obtain licensure in Kansas. 
• Board certification in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (NMM/OMM) or Fellowship/advanced training in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.
• Progressively responsible experience in osteopathic medical education. 
• Demonstrated teaching excellence in Osteopathic Principles and Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. 
• Demonstrated leadership and administrative experience. 
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills. 
• Experience with COCA accreditation, self-study, and continuous quality improvement.
• Experience integrating OMM into clinical education and graduate medical education.
• Demonstrated commitment to the mission of Benedictine College and the Catholic intellectual tradition. 

Faculty Appointment and Rank

This position will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor within the School of Osteopathic Medicine, based on qualifications and experience.

Tenure is not awarded upon hire but will be available in accordance with the SOM Promotion and Tenure Policy.