Research Assistant - Family Medicine

The Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, is seeking a Research Assistant to support its Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) education and research initiative. The successful candidate will provide research, educational, and administrative coordination for POCUS lectures, practical workshops, and student training activities. Key responsibilities will include: • Coordinating student groups, teaching schedules, laboratory sessions, and faculty assignments • Communicating with and recruiting faculty members and clinical instructors to deliver lectures and supervise practical sessions • Organizing student registration, group allocation, attendance, assessments, and course-related communications • Preparing teaching rooms, ultrasound laboratories, equipment, consumables, and educational materials • Maintaining accurate project records, schedules, databases, and document repositories • Assisting with research participant recruitment, data collection, data entry, data cleaning, and quality assurance • Supporting data analysis using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or comparable statistical software • Assisting with literature reviews, research documentation, ethics submissions, reports, presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts • Monitoring project milestones and following up with faculty members, students, and other stakeholders • Performing other duties related to the administration, evaluation, and development of the POCUS initiative Grade: 19.

Bachelor’s degree in radiography, diagnostic medical sonography, medical imaging, allied health sciences, health sciences, biomedical sciences, public health, or another relevant discipline. Preferred qualifications: • Academic or professional background in diagnostic radiography, medical imaging, or diagnostic medical sonography • Practical experience with ultrasound or Point-of-Care Ultrasound • Master’s degree in a relevant health sciences discipline • Previous experience supporting research projects, medical education programs, clinical skills laboratories, or simulation-based teaching • Experience using SPSS, R, Stata, or comparable statistical software • Experience with research ethics applications, participant recruitment, survey administration, literature reviews, and preparation of research reports or manuscripts • Familiarity with reference-management software and electronic data-collection platforms • Previous experience coordinating faculty, students, workshops, courses, or educational events • Proficiency in Arabic

Coordinating student groups, teaching schedules, laboratory sessions, and faculty assignments; communicating with and recruiting faculty members and clinical instructors to deliver lectures and supervise practical sessions; organizing student registration, group allocation, attendance, assessments, and course-related communications; preparing teaching rooms, ultrasound laboratories, equipment, consumables, and educational materials; maintaining accurate project records, schedules, databases, and document repositories; assisting with research participant recruitment, data collection, data entry, data cleaning, and quality assurance; supporting data analysis using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or comparable statistical software; assisting with literature reviews, research documentation, ethics submissions, reports, presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts; monitoring project milestones and following up with faculty members, students, and other stakeholders; performing other duties related to the administration, evaluation, and development of the POCUS initiative.