Medical and Operational Research Intern (Summer 2018)
Company
Department
The Medical & Operational Research Department leads the development of medical and operational research initiatives and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. The Medical & Operational Research team supports the representation of MSF medical and operational priorities to U.S. public and private institutions.
Project
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is a novel diagnostic system of non-radiologist clinicians using highly portable ultrasounds and following simple pattern-recognition algorithms to answer specific questions at the patient’s bedside. Given the recent advances in ultrasound miniaturization, the continued falling costs and, most importantly, the simple algorithms being developed to train non-specialists, POCUS could be a powerful tool for MSF clinicians to care for patients. We recently successfully completed a proof-of-concept of training to our national staff in one hospital in Aweil, South Sudan.
MSF-USA was subsequently awarded an internal grant to expand POCUS usage in our projects. The objectives of this grant include:
- Implement medically accepted algorithms (e.g. trauma, obstetrics, soft tissue, etc.)
- Research novel ones (e.g. tuberculosis, shortness of breath)
- Create templates for integration in MSF fields considering: training methods, longitudinal learner tracking, HR implications, ultrasound technology, patient flow integration, etc
The implementation of this grant will happen in South Sudan, with involvement of multiple field sites.
The
MedOps Research intern will work closely with the Project Coordinator, who may
be in South Sudan for an extended period of time, to help implement this
grant. The responsibilities will include
assistance with all three of the above objectives.
Tasks
● Maintain and update the teaching tools (powerpoints and videos) both in a shared folder but also to be able to send to the field as needed on USB keys.
● Perform literature reviews on various topics as it relates to current/future projects.
● Assist with further development and tracking of research and development project.
● Assist in preparation of standard operating procedures and study protocols
● Liaise with the Project coordinator, the Systems Department (IT) at MSF-USA and external vendors of electronic archival systems to maintain the database for the longitudinal learner tracking.
● Help organize with project coordinator and the field human resources any material that may be necessary to send to South Sudan (ultrasound equipment, tablets, USB keys, documents, etc.)
● Other tasks as assigned
Requirements
Required
Skills:
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word
• Proficiency in medical literature searches
• Good understanding of scientific/medical peer-reviewed literature
• Excellent research and writing skills
• Strong interest in operations research/epidemiology and humanitarian medicine
• Analytic skills using software packages (ie Stata, R, EpiInfo, ect)
Preferred Skills:
• Experience in clinical research or operations research
• Background knowledge of data analysis and epidemiology
• Expertise and interest in humanitarian medicine and operations research
• Knowledge of point of care ultrasound
• Experience using software tools like RedCap, Stata, R, EpiInfo
Type
HQ
Contract Type
Internship
Desired Hiring Date
29.May.2018
Employment End Date
24.August.2018
Working Time %
60,00
How to Apply
To apply, please send letter of interest/cover letter and resume to internships@msf.newyork.org Submissions without cover letter will not be reviewed.
Example: If you are applying to the IT Internship for the Spring 2018 program, then your email Subject line should be: IT Intern - Spring 2018.
If you are applying for more than one internship position, please send an email for each position using the example above.
Note: Preferred document submission format is PDF and Microsoft Word Document
Application Deadline: August 18, 2018