RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 2

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MEDEX Northwest is the University of Washington’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program located in the School of Medicine.  As one of the nation’s first PA programs, MEDEX has a long history of training experienced health care workers (RN’s, paramedics, military corps persons, allied health professionals) as physician assistants.  The program is approximately 26 months in length and offers graduates both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree.  MEDEX admits 120-140 students per year in four training sites – Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Anchorage.  Graduates of the program typically choose to work in primary care jobs throughout the program’s service area of Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.

MEDEX Northwest, the University of Washington’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist 2 to work with the MEDEX Evaluation and Measurement team.

POSITION PURPOSE
This position will report to the Evaluation Lead (Dr. Nagasawa), work collaboratively with faculty and staff, and perform daily data support and evaluation activities using established and new protocols that inform the Evaluation and Measurement Team.  Development of new instruments and implementation of new database software may also be involved.  Primary activities will include the initial processing of data, data verification, coding, tracking, maintenance, query building, and documentation in Access databases, Excel spreadsheets and statistical package data files.  The preferred candidate will have strong experience working with these tools in tandem.

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