St. Luke's – Roosevelt Emergency Department

About the Program

The Job

An Academic Associate’s (AA) primary responsibility in the Emergency Department (ED) of St. Luke’s or Roosevelt Hospital will be to assist ongoing clinical research projects conducted in the department in an effort to bring greater precision to the practice of emergency medicine (EM). Each of these projects focuses on different aspects of patient care including clinical trials on medications, patient and physician survey studies, observational cohort studies, and practice-pattern studies.

Academic Associates work in the ED, observing as patients arrive and are treated. Through a computerized system called EmSTAT, AAs will be able to identify patients who are potential study participants or whose presence generates a study opportunity — in essence, to assist the hospital in collecting the data upon which these studies will be based. Once these patients are identified, academic associates will complete the patient consent process, execute survey questions, collect data from physicians and charts, and inform physicians of the study applicability. The specific details of the job will be explained in orientation sessions each semester.

There is no remuneration for the AA position. However, Dr. Bania and Dr. Quaas will write letters in support of AAs who show commitment and dedication to the program in returning to the program for a subsequent semester.

The Emergency Department

Academic Associates encounter patients in the emergency department from the moment they are triaged. In between screening and enrolling patients, academic associates are exposed to the daily life style of Emergency Medicine by both interacting with patients and observing how doctors and nurses operate. They also have access to the Trauma Room.

The Commitment

The Academic Associates Program runs on a semester basis, so the commitment spans the length of a single academic term (fall, spring, or summer). We open applications each new semester to returning and prospective research assistants. During the term, we ask that you commit to two shifts per week, each of which spans four hours. We expect full attendance or significant efforts at coverage for all shifts to which you are scheduled. Shifts run in set blocks of time from 8:00 a.m. to noon, noon – 4:00 p.m., 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. – midnight, seven days per week. You may request shifts at either St. Luke’s or Roosevelt, located respectively at 114th St. and Amsterdam or 59th St. off of Columbus Ave. You may also request back-to-back shifts. Please note, that returners will have priority in scheduling. Please also be aware that you should be ready to commit to any shift that you indicate in the Shift Preference Form, and the more shifts you indicate, the easier it will be to schedule you. We also require your attendance at a comprehensive orientation and bi-weekly Training Sessions that span the term. Dates for both are located on our homepage.

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