Positions Available: 1
Position Title: Clinical Research Coordinator
Duration: 1 Year
Candidates: US Medical Students between M3/M4 interested in Orthopedic Surgery.
Location: Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center, Division of Spine Surgery and Musculoskeletal Oncology, Chicago, IL.
Start Date: Beginning May/June 2021
Salary: Monthly stipend provided
Research Fellow Responsibilities:
- Coordination of all prospective, retrospective, and biomechanical studies
- Consenting of study patients following good clinical and ethical practice
- Submission of study protocols to the Rush Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Statistical analysis of data
- Manuscript writing, editing, and submission
- Oversight of research assistants
Prerequisites and Characteristics for consideration:
- Strong motivation to pursue a career in Orthopaedic surgery
- Proven interest in research
- Strong academic record
- Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented
- Knowledge of statistical principles and familiarity with statistical software (SPSS, STATA, R, others)
Benefit of the position:
- The fellow should expect to publish 15+ publications by the end of the research year, with the opportunity for more through collaboration with other teams in the departments.
- The opportunity to personally present many abstracts as posters/podium presentations at national and international Spine and Oncology conferences.
- Opportunities to observe surgical procedures.
- Opportunities to attend Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Spine Conferences, Oncology Conferences, Journal Clubs, and Cadaver Labs.
- Opportunities to collaborate with Spine fellows, orthopaedic residents, and other attendings at Rush.
- Colman expects candidates to be strong applicants in the Orthopaedic Surgery match and will help the candidate during the application process.
Interested applicants should send a brief Cover Letter, CV, and USMLE Step I score reports (and Step II if available) to
