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Clinical Research Assistant: 

Lead the study recruitment process for a variety of sponsored and investigator-initiated studies.

Review patient charts (demographics, pre-operative visit notes, imaging, etc.) to ascertain if a patient meets inclusion and exclusion criteria in each study.

 Support providing physicians through in-office assessments of eligibility for study enrollment.

Facilitate the study consent and enrollment processes.

Review all relevant study related documents, namely, the informed consent form, or ICF, with the patient, answering any questions within the research assistants’ scope of knowledge.

Formally enroll patients within a study’s respective electronic data capturing system (EDC) and into their respective research study in the electronic medical record, namely, EPIC.

Direct the collection of all study related information, including both subjective and objective data.

Conduct surveys (either by reading questions aloud or supporting patients as they navigate surveys).

Record all objective measures (strength, range of motion) as to be identified by the providing investigators

Upload all study related images to the study’s respective EDC.

Ensure study preservation through scheduling and coordinating study visits, managing EDC data entry and queries, and follow-up of patients within the study.

Schedule patient follow-up visits and imaging collection in concordance with timeframes as outlined in a study protocol

Regularly update EDCs by adding subjective and objective data after follow-up visits, responding to sponsor queries, and adding relevant adverse event reports (AEs)

Manage financial compensation to patients and the appropriate linkage of appointments to research.

Distribute and track all study stipends as designated in the study protocol

Link all office and imaging visits to research, to ensure research covers all fees as outlined in the study protocol

Monitor physician Redcap compliance through regular review of surgical data entry by providing fellows.

Email: Allyson Sandago @ Allyson.Sandago@hawkinsfoundation.com