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Data Collector, Paediatrics & Child Health

Entity

Medical College

Location

Sindh, Pakistan

Introduction

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a potentially life-threatening global issue and has wide ranging impact on morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. In Pakistan, irrational use of antimicrobials is one of the biggest contributors to the escalating problem of AMR. To overcome this problem, it is imperative to evaluate the routine antimicrobial prescribing practices among general physicians in Pakistan. The aim of this study is to reduce irrational use of antibiotics in the outpatient settings of the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) of Pakistan and in its secondary care centers. This is a pre-post interventional study in which children of age ≥6 months and adults with no upper limit visiting the outpatient clinics of study sites for acute watery diarrhea, URTI, acute undifferentiated fever and Skin and soft tissue infections and those who will provide signed informed consent will be included. The study sites are Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) main campus, Aga Khan Hospital, Garden, Karachi, and Aga Khan Hospital for women, Karimabad. We intend to do 6 months surveillance until our targeted sample size will be achieved in the outpatient setting of study sites before and after implementation of intervention (introduce and provide training to the physicians on the application of disease specific clinical algorithms combined with Point of care- CRP for 2 months). Prescriptions of same physicians will be observed pre and post intervention to assess the difference in proportion of specific antibiotic prescriptions.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible to:

  • to review medical records of patients and obtain the information required for the study
  • contact the parents/patients and explain the purpose of the study over the phone or in collecting information about the recovery of the patient
  • arrange and coordinate clinic appointments or follow-ups
  • perform any other logistic support that may be needed for the project.

Requirements

You should have:
  • metric (Intermediate preferred) and at least one year of relevant experience in healthcare or research facility
  • good communication skills with an ability to give oral instructions and information to research subjects and their parents
  • ability to learn quickly and follow the instructions
  • willingness to work in community setting
  • well-versed with local language.

To Apply

​You should send your detailed CV by email to human.resources@aku.edu and mention the position 100443982345 in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

Applications should be submitted latest by April 20, 2022