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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, in Hershey, PA is offering a Post-doctoral scholar position.

Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Scientific contribution: experimental design

• Explains how the implementation of methodological approaches will provide rigor and reproducibility of the results as well as appropriately address the hypothesis

• Employs appropriate statistical approaches and implements them correctly to permit conclusions with wide validity

• Justifies the use of control and experimental groups that fall within the scope of the research project that permits direct testing of the hypothesis with a yes or no outcome

• Engages in scientific discussion that incorporates critical thinking of previous and current scientific results

• Logically organizes new ideas based on previous and current scientific results while including innovative future directions that will contribute significantly to the neuroscience field

• Integrates expertise with new knowledge to design experiments that are simple, cost-effective, and provide results that are easy to interpret

• Describes detailed components related to the implementation of methodological approaches related to their research project

• Lists control and experimental groups that fall within the scope of the research project

• Asks questions and demonstrates adequate problem-solving abilities

Scientific Contribution: Dissemination

• Explains research findings clearly, concisely, accurately, and objectively

• Demonstrates expertise and professionalism during question and answer sessions

• Identifies characteristics of good oral presentations (e.g., organization, clear and rational thought progression, transitions, avoid filler words, eye contact) with justification

• Identifies the requirement of accurate and objective scientific writing

Systems-based practice: Safety and Quality improvement

•Identifies system factors that lead to lab safety events

•Reports lab safety events through institutional reporting systems (simulated or actual)

•Participates in analysis of lab safety events (simulated or actual)

•Participates in disclosure of lab safety events to PI and appropriate departments (simulated or actual)

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