title: Developing a Job Description for a Vice Chair of Education in Radiology: The ADVICER Template.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The newly formed Alliance of Directors and Vice Chairs of Education in Radiology (ADVICER), a group within the Alliance for Clinician Educators in Radiology, identified an acute need for a generic job description template for Vice Chairs of Education in Radiology, a role that is being developed in many academic Departments of Radiology. Eighty-three percent of current members who responded to a survey had no detailed job description, and over half had no job description at all. Having a comprehensive and detailed job description is vital to developing this key position.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the results of a survey sent to ADVICER members and seven Education Vice Chair job descriptions provided by members, the authors developed a detailed job description encompassing all potential elements of this position.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 17% of survey respondents had a detailed job description. The role of an Education Vice Chair varies significantly between institutions in its scope and level of responsibilities. The resultant generic job description that was devised is intended to provide a template that would be modified by the candidate or the Department Chair. It is unlikely that any one individual would perform all the described activities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ADVICER has developed a comprehensive, flexible job description for Vice Chair of Education in Radiology that can be adapted by institutions as appropriate. It can be downloaded from http://aur.org/ADVICER/.
authors.affiliation: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, NH; Department of Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1, Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756. Electronic address: Petra.lewis@hitchcock.org.
authors.forename: Petra J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Probyn
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Georgeann
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.affiliation: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Department of Radiology, Tulane University Hospital and Clinics, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mullins
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Resnik
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oldham
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000465:Algorithms; D007587:Job Description; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D014956:Writing
keywords: Vice Chair; education; job description; radiology