STEMM Education Research Specialist

Remote work, 5-10 hours per week, 1-2 weekly meetings between 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Eastern time, flexible asynchronous schedule at other times

One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.

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Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care:
We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education:

We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research:
We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

To identify how career motivation shapes training pathways in biomedical science and medical education, we will perform a formal analysis of three existing frameworks related to student motivation. Our goal is to explore how career motivation influences later stages of biomedical and medical higher education. The Research Specialist will support conduct and management of research development activities, primarily focused on co-developing a protocol for systematic review;

analyzing search results; manuscript writing and figure design. This project will summarize outcomes to present results of the systematic review and build a bank of previously published assessment questions to support future studies.

The researcher will be trained by a librarian to lead data collection to support the analysis of manuscripts selected for systematic review. The Research Specialist will help to identify and refine search criteria, and code the database search results using rigorous research methods. This includes developing and revising protocols based on Expectancy Value Theory, Self-Determination Theory, and Rightful Presence frameworks.

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

• Experience working independently on literature review or working with educational frameworks related to STEMM education and training
• Coursework in biology, biomedical science, medical training or related field
• Experience in STEMM education research, effective teaching practices, or administration in higher education

N/A

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Required Documents

• Curriculum Vitae / Resume

Optional Documents

• Cover Letter

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * Do you have previous experience in STEMM education research or educational scholarship?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have previous experience developing protocols or conducting a systematic review?
  • Yes
  • No