Posted
Thurs., Dec. 9
Organization
Hospital for Special Surgery, Division of Rheumatology
Position Description
The Division of Rheumatology at the Hospital for Special Surgery is seeking an education research assistant to help coordinate multi-institutional education programs for medical students, residents and fellows at HSS, New York Presbyterian Medical Center, and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Responsibilities include:
- Helping to coordinate multi-institutional education programs for medical students, residents and fellows at HSS, New York Presbyterian Medical Center, and Weill Cornell Medicine
- Working with the Rheumatology Assistant Program Director to prepare and coordinate the yearly Rheumatology Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (ROSCE)
- Assisting in fellows’ annual Quality Improvement studies
- Functioning as the primary coordinator for CLASS-Rheum, a national internet-based epidemiology curriculum for rheumatology fellows, based at Hospital for Special Surgery
- Screening patients to determine eligibility for studies
- Sending out letters or phone calls to study subjects inviting them to participate in studies
- Administering questionnaires to study subjects in person, by mail or by phone
- Acting as a resource for study subjects regarding study consent forms
- Acting as a liaison between physicians, physicians’ office staff and study participants
- Coordinating study subjects visits with physician schedules
- Being a contact for study subjects regarding questions about study protocols
- Meeting with patients at the hospital to conduct research studies
- Setting up and maintaining electronic databases and creating electronic data collection forms, e.g. REDCap
- Performing data entry
- Working with study teams to organize data and conduct data analysis
- Organizing and maintaining all studies’ paperwork
- Submitting new studies and amendments in both the HSS and Weill Cornell IRB systems for Education studies
- Submitting abstracts to academic meetings to disseminate study results
- Assisting in grant preparation and submission
- Helping to create poster and slide presentations of study results
- Maintaining/ compiling curricular materials for residency training in rheumatology
- Acting as the administrator for Fellows’ Epidemiology Journal Club
- Enrolling trainees and primary care providers nationwide into HSS educational courses on a weekly basis
- Building and testing educational courses in eAcademy, the HSS sponsored educational platform
- Generating enrollment, completion, and accuracy results from learner data in eAcademy
Position Requirements
- Computer literate: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, data entry
- Excellent telephone and interpersonal skills
- Detail oriented and organized
- Excellent writing skills
- Must be available on site at the hospital during study visits as well as for all educational programs for which the assistant is responsible
Time Commitment
Full-time, 40 hours per week.12 month commitment required; 24 preferred.
Compensation
$42K
Apply
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and unofficial transcript by email to Myriam Lin.
