Research Coordination

Students at the Perelman School of Medicine have the privilege to work alongside some of the finest physicians and researchers in various fields. Penn Orthopaedics prides itself on the work that comes out of the department as well as out of the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory. Working with these investigators is a great opportunity to not only learn but to contribute.

Also, we have defined a more formal way for students to connect with investigators. However, first please reach out to LLOS leadership. This process is described below.

  1. Complete CITI Training (Basic Biomedical Research). Save your CITI Training Certificate as "lastname_CITI_month_year.pdf" (i.e. smith_CITI_sep_2016). View instructions on how to complete CITI Training.
  2. Complete the Penn Medicine HIPAA Training in Knowledgelink. Save your certificate as "lastname_HIPAA_month_year.pdf."
  3. There is research available within many subspecialties of orthopaedics. Please make a list of subspecialties in the order of your preference. If your list is only 1 subspecialty, that's okay.
  4. Send an email to the LLOS board with your two training certificates and preference list for subspecialties. You can use this email format to make things easier.
  5. Wait for a reply from the orthopaedics team with suggestions for possible faculty.

For those who are further along in the process and need help attaining Epic EMR access, please follow the instructions.

If you have any questions about research or you'd like to learn more before you reach out, email one of the leaders of LLOS or chat with us after an event.