Spring Intern 2025 - Program Operations, Peer Review
 PCORI | |
17.50 To 20 (USD) Hourly
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 United States, D.C., Washington | |
 Jan 28, 2025 | |
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About Us The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed healthcare decisions. PCORI is committed to continually seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders to guide its work. Position Summary The intern will participate in a project to better understand how patient peer reviews are used by editors and authors of final research reports. The project will involve developing a coding scheme to identify the most useful and least useful comments in patient peer reviews and compare those with whether the peer review associate editors highlight any patient reviewer comments and whether report authors respond, with changes, to the patient reviewer comments. The project is part of an ongoing program to improve the usefulness of patient peer reviews and potentially encourage the use of patient peer reviewers in journal reviews. The Program Operations, Peer Review department is seeking an intern who will have the opportunity to:
Pay Range and Employment Status: Interns shall be classified as temporary employees who are hired as interim replacements, to temporarily supplement the workforce, or to assist in the completion of a specific project and who are temporarily scheduled to work for a limited duration. Employment beyond any initially stated period does not in any way imply a change in employment status. Temporary workers are not eligible for PCORI benefits.
Required Experience Preferred candidates will be currently enrolled in an undergraduate, postgraduate, medical school, or PhD degree program with a focus on research methods social sciences with research methods (i.e., public health, psychology, sociology). The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate familiarity with qualitative research through coursework or experience. Experience with data visualization, data tracking, and data analysis are also preferred. Incumbent(s) in this position may be required to perform other duties and special assignments not specifically stated above. Statements outlined in this section are designated as essential job functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Application Process: Applications for the PCORI Spring Internship Program will be accepted up to 12:00 pm EST on Friday, January 17, 2025. Applicants who are chosen will be phone screened by PCORI People Strategy and Services. Key Dates: Internship Application Submission Deadline - February 1, 2025 Spring Internship Start Date - February 18, 2025 Spring Internship End Date - April 14, 2025 Application Instructions: PCORI will only consider complete applications that include:
Conflict of Interest PCORI wants to ensure that prospective employees are aware of its conflict-of-interest policies so that employment deliberations take into consideration this aspect of PCORI employment. PCORI requires all PCORI employees to disclose upon commencement of their employment and on an annual basis all individual and close relatives financial, business, and personal association with the potential to bias or that have the appearance of biasing one's decisions relating to PCORI. All disclosures made by employees are made publicly available on PCORI's website. Disclosures must include all financial and business and personal associations with any health or healthcare-related organizations and include all associations with any other organizations that have the potential to bias or that have the appearance of biasing one's decisions relating to PCORI, including but not limited to vendors or other third parties with whom PCORI has a contract or that PCORI has funded. For more information please visit PCORI-Conflict-of-Interest-Policies-Outside-Employment-Policy.pdf PCORI conducts reference and background checks on all applicants. PCORI recommends all members of the PCORI workforce adhere to the CDC recommendations regarding staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccination. #LI-SU1 #LI-HYBRID
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