Director, Education

Company: Pharmacy Quality Alliance
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: September 5, 2020

Job Description:

Position Summary:
The Director of Education leads the strategic direction and delivery of PQA's educational activities,
which are focused on medication use quality for professionals at diverse organizations the U.S.
healthcare system.
Medication use quality is primarily focused on whether medication is safe,
appropriate for the patient, taken as needed, and delivering good outcomes.
PQA's educational
programs provide information and training on best practices, innovations, trends and
opportunities for collaboration across the industry.


The position is responsible for developing strategies, theme and topic ideation, and creating and
managing program content, which is delivered through an Annual Meeting, Leadership Summit,
Quality Forum Webinar series, continuing education programs, and other educational workshops,
forums and events. This includes identifying speakers and learning formats.


The Director is a highly organized individual, who is comfortable working in a fast-paced
environment, up to date on medication quality and related pharmacy and healthcare topics, and
able to develop timely, relevant events for PQA members and other quality focused health care
professionals.


A key member of PQA's communications, stakeholder engagement and convening teams, this
position partners with internal colleagues and external partners on event design, operations,
sponsorship, promotion and marketing. The director is an entrepreneurial leader, who encourages
program innovation across PQA, identifies new event opportunities aligned with PQA's mission
and strategic plan, shares best practices, and delivers financially sustainable programs.


Responsibilities:


Lead the development of educational programming content for the Annual Meeting and Leadership Summit in coordination with the CEO, COO, Senior Director of Communications, and Director of Convening.



Lead program development from overarching themes to panel development, speaker recruitment, speaker and moderator management.


Solicit and select (working through a PQA Planning Committee, as needed) Annual Meeting topics for plenaries, breakouts and other sessions.



Lead and implement the Quality Forum Webinar series, a one-hour online program that occurs 10-12 times annually.



Identify thought leaders and subject matter experts to address a broad array of timely quality-related initiatives and information around performance measurement, value-based care models and regulatory/legislative changes that are shaping the future of healthcare.


Establish and implement an annual webinar schedule, recruiting and supporting presenters and supporting webinar promotion in coordination with the Senior Director of Communications.



Lead PQA's continuing education and certificate programs.



Maintain, update, and coordinate content for the Medication Use Quality continuing education and certificate program, including additional electives.


Deliver the practice-based component as part of the Medication Use Quality continuing education program.



Support the promotion of all PQA educational offerings to member and external audiences.


Evaluate the value and success of PQA's educational programs and periodically assess PQA members' educational needs and broader market needs.


Other duties as assigned.

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