Summary:
Designs, implements, manages, and continuously improvs the comprehensive assessment strategy for the PhD Biomedical Sciences program.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
- Works directly with the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies and Research in the planning, design, and management of the assessment framework for the PhD Biomedical Sciences program.
- Participates in Assessment Committee meetings and provide secretariat support, including agenda preparation, minutes, and follow-up on action items.
- Communicates and coordinate with course instructors, thesis supervisors, and examination boards at both KFSHRC and Alfaisal University.
- Assists in formulating and updating assessment policies, examination regulations, and academic standards documentation.
- Tracks, compile, and file student grades, qualifying examination outcomes, and research milestones in a centralized and secure database.
- Coordinates collection, analysis, and reporting of assessment data to inform program quality reviews and academic improvement initiatives.
- Leads the preparation of assessment-related documentation required for accreditation submissions to relevant national and international bodies (e.g., NCAAA).
- Provides training and guidance to faculty members on best practices in assessment design, rubric development, and fair grading.
- Coordinates curriculum mapping to ensure alignment of learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment tasks across all PhD coursework.
- Designs and maintain assessment blueprints mapping examination content to PhD program learning outcomes across all coursework and research phases.
- Leads psychometric analysis of examination results, including item difficulty, discrimination indices, and reliability statistics; prepare analytical reports for program review.
- Follows all Hospital’s related Policies and Procedures.
- Participates in self and others' education, training and development, as applicable.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education:
Master’s or in Training & Education, Health Administration, Medical Education, Health Education or other related discipline is required.
Experience Required:
Four (4) years with Masters, is required.