Job Summary
Bangalore
Indian medical colleges rarely offer structured, scalable training in dual-process reasoning, cognitive debiasing, and illness script development. Faculty expertise varies and limited protected bedside teaching time worsens inequities in clinical reasoning education. Asynchronous digital tools can standardize high-quality instruction across institutions, but strong multicenter evidence on their effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability is lacking. This study aims to bridge this critical gap in CBME implementation. ASCRIBE is a 10-module online asynchronous course that teaches diagnostic reasoning (dual-process theory, illness scripts, cognitive debiasing) to Phase III Part 1 MBBS students, built with the ADDIE instructional design model on a secure LMS.
- Design: 10 colleges cluster-randomized by institution, 5 to immediate access and 5 to a waitlist control that crosses over later.
- Sample: 400 students, 40 per college.
- Outcomes: Diagnostic Thinking Inventory (DTI), Key Feature Examination (KFE), rubric-scored AI-assisted case simulations (Kirkpatrick Level 3), LMS learning analytics, and student and faculty perception questionnaires.
- Deliverables: a validated curriculum package, an AI-assisted assessment toolkit, at least two peer-reviewed publications and policy recommendations for CBME.
- No of Vacancy: Two
Key Responsibilities
The Project Technical Support III keeps the ASCRIBE coordinating centre running: records, correspondence, purchases, invoices, meetings and project accounts, reporting to the Principal Investigator and working with the Project Research Scientist (Medical).
- Organize documents - Set up and maintain a paper and electronic filing system for approvals, consent forms, MoUs and permissions, contracts, invoices, SOPs, training logs and correspondence; Keep separate, indexed files for each of the 10 study sites so that any document can be found quickly; Keep Institutional Ethics Committee approvals, renewals and amendments up to date, and flag expiry dates in advance; Back up electronic records regularly and keep participant-related documents confidential.
- Reply to correspondence - Be the first point of contact for site coordinators, faculty, students, vendors and funding agency staff; Respond to emails, letters and telephone calls promptly and professionally, and answer routine queries on the project; Draft routine letters and circulars for the Principal Investigators approval, and refer scientific or policy queries to the right person; Maintain a log of incoming and outgoing correspondence and follow up on pending replies.
- Order supplies - Liaise with suppliers and vendors to order equipment, stationery and consumables for the project and the office, for example audiovisual recording equipment, computers and LMS or cloud hosting services; Obtain quotations, prepare comparison statements and purchase requests, and follow institutional purchase rules; Track deliveries, check items against orders, and maintain a stock and asset register.
- Handle invoices - Receive, verify and record invoices and bills for the project on a regular basis; Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery records, and route them for approval and payment; Keep a dated invoice register and file all supporting documents for audit.
- Organize meetings - Arrange and prepare project meetings, expert panel and Delphi meetings, site coordinator trainings and review meetings, in the office and off-site; Manage schedules and calendars for the team, send notices and agendas, and book venues, online links and travel; Record minutes and action points, circulate them, and follow up on actions; Help organize assessment days and orientation sessions at the study sites.
- Management of accounts - Maintain the projects accounts, including the cash book, ledger and expenditure by budget head, with supporting vouchers; Monitor expenditure against the sanctioned budget and alert the Principal Investigator to overspending or underspending; Process salary, honorarium, travel and contingency claims, and keep records ready for audit; Liase with accounts team to prepare statements of expenditure and the data needed for utilisation certificates and funder reports.
Eligibility Criteria
- Preferred Qualifications: Graduate with minimum 3 years experience in project management
- Project: ICMR ASCRIBE Project
- Age Criteria: 35 Years
- Experience: Fresher/Experienced
- Preferred Language: English and Kannada
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