[FILLED] 2021-2022 Rothman Orthopaedic Institute- Sports Medicine Research Fellow Position

The Rothman Orthopaedic Institute invites medical students between third and fourth year, graduated medical students and undergraduate/graduate students to apply for paid one-year clinical research fellowship, starting in the summer of 2021.

The Rothman Orthopaedic Institute values superior patient care, excellence in education, and research productivity. In line with these goals, we are seeking driven and self-motivated students that are interested in pursuing a career in Sports Medicine. The opportunity requires strong interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate effectively across a wide range of professionals, and elite-level organizational skills. This position will also require travel to satellite offices of Rothman Orthopaedic Institute.

With opportunities to strengthen his/her application for residency, to expose the fellow to academic orthopedics, and to teach research skills that can be used to foster an academic career. The fellow will be directly involved in all facets of the research process including: development of study questions, literature review, study design, IRB approvals, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, writing of manuscripts, and preparation of presentations. Our previous fellows have been very productive and receive funding to attend national and international meetings to present their research. Fellows can spend time in the outpatient clinic. Fellows additionally have the opportunity to attend weekly didactic conferences and to interact routinely with residents and clinical fellows.

Research Duties:

Prepare manuscripts, textbook chapters, posters, presentations, and educational videos

Participate in/Organize research meeting, seminars, journal clubs, symposia, and professional society meetings

Manage and mentor student researchers

Provide research study education to participants as part of a study protocol (includes calling patients)

Develop research studies and designs

Compose/Submit research protocols, IRB documents and proposals

Collecting, organizing and analyzing collected clinical data (skills: Excel, RedCap etc)

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, preferably Excel.

Travel between offices is required. Mode of transportation is needed.

Submission Items:

Interested applicants should submit a short application to our research fellow, Nura Gouda, (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and should include: 

Cover letter/ brief statement of interest (limit to one paragraph)

CV (include step 1 score and step 2 score if available)

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