- Full-year medical research internship focusing on orthopaedic surgery with a sub-focus on sports medicine and hip preservation
- Opportunities for biomechanic, cadaveric, surgical technique and clinical outcomes research
- Contribute to research team to produce meaningful research generated from a high-volume, specialty orthopaedic practice
- Gain experience with basic science and clinical research in the field of orthopaedic surgery
- Maintain a HIPAA compliant, de-identified database composed of pre-, intra- and post-operative data gathered using a web-based research platform (OBERD)
- Organize and maintain database to ensure data is current on a weekly basis
- Gather real-time clinic and OR-based data with surgeons daily
- Perform call-backs to obtain patient follow-up data 2, 5, 10 years post-op
- Filter and analyze data for study ideas presented by MDs, Fellows, or research interns
- Learn to synthesize data, organize ideas and write in a scientific method
- Provide and assist with necessary graphs, tables, figures, images and illustrations for publications
- Review, edit and submit publications to specific journals
- Work together and communicate as a team to eliminate errors and redundant work and to maximize efficiency and production
- Timely, yet accurate and valid, data analysis and manuscript production
- Hard work
- Professionalism and respect for patients and patient data at all times (zero-tolerance)
- Learn an immense amount, have fun
- Extensive exposure to 1000s of orthopaedic surgeries, patients, images, exams etc.
- Exceptional research experience in all facets of research production
- Bolster CV for medical school with experience and peer-reviewed publications
- Letters of recommendation for medical school
- Monetary stipend