Longitudinal Biomedical Topic Directors
The Longitudinal Biomedical Topic Director functions under the authority of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine Education Policy Committee and its relevant subcommittees and Leadership. The LBT is responsible for appropriate coverage, placement, and sequencing of related content in the curriculum, consistent with T.H. Chan School of Medicine program objectives and competencies
FTE varies by content hours threaded across the Discovery phase curriculum.
Role | Block Hours | FTE |
Biomedical Leader Pharmacology (2 roles) | 172 | .09 |
Biomedical Leader Anatomy | 180 | .09 |
Biomedical Leader Imaging | 55 | .03 |
Biomedical Leader Nutrition | 33 | .02 |
Biomedical Leader Cancer Concepts | 30 | .02 |
Biomedical Leader Histology | 32 | .02 |
Biomedical Leader Physiology | 72 | .04 |
Biomedical Leader Embryology | 35 | .02 |
- Organize and supervise longitudinal biomedical content, including schedule development
- In collaboration with block directors, develop pertinent block level teaching materials; review and update these materials as needed and at least annually.   
- In collaboration with block directors, provide a list of content-related resources to be utilized by faculty and students in the block 
- Collaborate across blocks with other longitudinal content directors to ensure horizontal and vertical integration of the curriculum 
- In collaboration with block directors, create content-related education experiences that add value to student learning and competency 
- In collaboration with block directors, prepare content-related assessments