Collaborating expert in developing and applying user testing methodology to test EU medicine package

5 dagen geleden


Amsterdam, Nederland The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Voltijd

Organizational Unit:

 Stakeholders & Communication Division

Not applicable Public Engagement & Stakeholders Office

Place of work: Flexible (occasionally on EMA premises and remote).

The position is  part time . The successful candidate will be able to dedicate 4 hours per week to the collaboration.

Proposed length : 9-12 months(extendable if needed). 

Remuneration:  Experts should be salaried by their employer or be a post-graduate student (financed by their educational entity or self-financed). 

The European Medicines Agency is a decentralized body of the European Union with all its offices and Headquarters based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its core responsibility is the protection and promotion of public and animal health through the evaluation and supervision of medicines.

The Collaborating Expert Programme is addressed to scientists and professionals who can share their expertise in a particular area of European Medicines Agency’s activities or are interested in collaborative research projects related to EMA’s scientific work.

The aim is to provide a mechanism for EMA and external researchers to collaborate in identifying and tackling important research questions to support regulatory decision-making.

This will help ensure that regulatory science remains at the cutting edge so that EMA can deliver its fundamental mission of protecting human and animal health and facilitating the availability of medicines to patients.

Strategic area / objective

RSS Goal 3: Advancing patient-centred access to medicines in 
partnership with healthcare systems
RSS Recommendation: Further develop external engagement and communications to promote trust and confidence in the EU regulatory system
RSS Underlying action: Develop content strategy in key public health areas in regulatory science: Improve communications for patients, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders

Specific projects

• Design a methodology for user testing the content of the EU medicines package leaflet. 
• Determine if key information is clear and understood by users.
• Identify any missing key information relevant to the target patient groups.

Deliverables

• Research analysis on available methodologies for user testing of the package leaflet and proposal of an optimal methodology to test EU medicine package leaflet content. 
• Contribute to the design of a user-testing process and methodology for the EU medicine package leaflet content mock-ups, which include the 'key information section', with EU patients, consumers, healthcare professionals, and academics.
• Participate in the analysis and evaluation of the user-testing results and provide recommendations for further improving the package leaflet content, as well as potential routine user testing process.

Benefits for the expert

• Contribute to the development of a user-testing methodology with the objective to improve readability of the package leaflet for a safer and more effective use of medicines.
• Share your academic knowledge and your perspective to contribute to the Agency’s objectives to the benefit of public health.
• Gain experience of collaborating with an EU organisation and of the EMA’s work and role in regulatory science.

Benefits for the collaborating institution

• Exchange of knowledge and expertise 
• Joint research undertaking, and if resulting in a scientific publication, joint publication
• Building an inter-institutional collaboration with EMA

Essential requirements

Eligibility criteria:
• Be an EU or EEA national
• Meet the requirements stated in the profile description;
• Be a paid employee from European academia, research institutions, public sector or international organisations, or a post graduate student within such organisations. Proof of employment/student status and agreement in principle of employer/academic institution will be requested.;
• Have a thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1). Good knowledge of another official EU language (at least B2) is an asset, as per the Common European Framework for Languages.

University Degree(s)

Essential: U niversity degree in life sciences, public health or social sciences 

Desirable: 
• H
igher degree in biomedical or health social sciences (MSc or PhD)

Experience and additional skills

Essential: 
• Experience in user testing of medicinal products
• Research and analytical skills
• Excellent written communication skills in English

Desirable: 
• Expertise in the field of benefit-risk communication
• Demonstrated experience in writing, analysing and reporting of results
• Understanding of public engagement and communication research methods

Behavioural competencies

Essential:
• Communication skills 
• Interpersonal skills 
• Working as part of a multinational team
• Adaptability

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