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apply by Feb 15 - scheduling surgeries, arranging prescriptions, labs, and pathology reports, preparing biopsies, performing pre-operative telephone evaluations, completing medical histories and surgical documentation, rooming and discharging patients, performing bandage changes and suture removals, circulating in surgical suites, and assisting in procedures
apply by March 1 - one-year commitment/two-year optional, provides support for quality measurement involving selected patient chart audits and/or data collection for ongoing Department-wide initiatives
one-two year, face-to-face patient interaction 100% of the time, with 70% clinical hands-on experience, obtaining vitals, assist w biopsies/excisions and bandaging wounds
assist with office procedures and consultations, give pre/post-operative instructions to patients, circulating during surgical operations w potential to scrub in, sterilize equipment, keep operating / treatment rooms stocked
concussion-related research projects and coordinating patient care in the concussion clinic - you would be heavily involved in all aspects of the research lifecycle, including writing patient histories for potential enrollment and clinical trial studies in development
two year commitment, administer questionnaires to patients, recruit participants, liaison between physicians/staff/study participants, call patients between visits
identify, screen, recruit, obtain consent, and coordinate follow-up for patients for participation in research studies
one year commitment, collecting data, managing the practice’s surgical databases and in utilizing this data to prepare abstracts and manuscripts for submission to surgical/oncologic conferences and publications
apply by Jan 20, two-year commitment
working with Princeton alum - work directly with Principal Investigators of the center, as well as numerous other faculty and staff members, to conduct health policy evaluations of musculoskeletal diseases using computer simulation modeling
working with Princeton alum - work directly with the Principal Investigators of the centers, as well as numerous other faculty and staff members, to conduct clinical research involving musculoskeletal conditions
scheduling appointments, escorting patients, documentation in the electronic medical record, and assisting in patient visits and dermatology surgical procedures
This position offers opportunities to shadow Dr. Strickland and Dr. Gomoll in the clinic and the operating room, as it is advantageous to have this experience to research these disorders effectively.
Apply by Jan 31 - coordinating and executing various studies on knee surgery, focusing on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, assisting Dr. Marx in his office and seeing patients together
working with Princeton alum, maintaining extensive surgical database, assist formulation and writing research studies, author peer-reviewed journal publications, etc.
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Past alum glide year experiences
Google spreadsheet that captures alums' glide year experiences from 2014 to present.