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LIME Department

Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) works to fulfil key areas of the Karolinska Institutet motto to ‘improve human health.’ We focus on research, development and education in the following areas: medical and healthcare education, informatics, management, ethics, and suicide prevention. LIME has approximately 150 employees and is located at the Solna Campus. Ki.se/lime

Procome Research Group

PROCOME Research Group focuses on research on effects and implementation of innovative improvement programs in different type of organisations, with specific focus on health and social care.The research aims to increase knowledge regarding the effects and implementation of different types of improvement programs. PROCOME has considerable national and international collaboration.

Project

This opening is for a Research Assistant position working with a project concerning low-value care: practices that lack evidence of effectiveness and may be unnecessary or even cause harm. In this project we investigate factors that influence health care professionals’ decisions about providing certain practices that could be considered low-value care. To detect these factors, we will apply a Factorial Survey Experiment, also known as a vignette experiment. This project is funded by the Swedish research council for health, working life and welfare (FORTE).

Duties

In your role, you will:

• design the setup of the Factorial Survey Experiment;
• perform necessary power analyses;
• oversee participants recruitment and data collection;
• prepare and perform data analyses
• co-write a scientific paper,
• collaborate in the scientific work of the group, prepare documentation related to the project, participate in project meetings, write reports, and document dissemination activities,
• take active involvement in research group scientific activities.

Entry Requirements

The candidate has:

• an MA in Psychology, Behavioral Economy, Public Health or related field;
• experience and/or required knowledge and skills to design, conduct, and analyse the results from a Factorial Survey Experiment using the latest developments in this area;
• competence in statistics, psychometrics, and data management;
• advanced competence in using statistical software: R and/or Stata;
• must be fluent in English and have excellent scientific writing skills in English;
• is driven, self-motivated, and takes initiative,
• is able to think critically,
• good communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills,
• excellent organisational skills.

The following competence will be considered a meriting asset:

• Experience and competence in the field of decision making;
• Interest in research concerning low-value care;
• Previous experience in working or managing externally funded research projects;
• Previous experience in preparing scientific manuscripts and conference presentations;
• Knowledge of Swedish is not essential but will be considered.

Application process

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world’s leading medical universities. Its vision is to significantly contribute to the improvement of human health. Karolinska Institutet accounts for the single largest share of all academic medical research conducted in Sweden and offers the country’s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet selects the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.

Pursuant to the regulations of the Swedish National Archives, applications are kept on file for two years after the appointment has gained legal force. The regulations do not apply to attachments that have been printed or otherwise published.

Karolinska Institutet strives to provide a workplace that has approximately the same number of women and men, is free of discrimination and offers equal opportunity to everyone.

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What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

Location: Solna

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest the 5th of April 2022

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form. 

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