Job Posting: ModioInfo Medical Narrator

 

Job Description: Modio Information Group is partnering with publishers to provide leading, peer-reviewed, medical journal articles in a word-for-word, human-narrated audio format, allowing practitioners to consume the underlying material without forgoing premium office time that could otherwise be used to see patients and conduct research.

We are seeking medical students and graduate nurse practitioner students to narrate the articles. Applicants must be articulate with excellent oral reading skills, reliable, punctual, detail-oriented and extremely conscientious. All work may be completed part-time from home, with minimal time commitment.

In addition to their compensation, the selected narrators will gain prominent exposure to medical professionals, as well as medical device and pharmaceutical companies (i.e. potential employers) in the United States and globally, through Modio’s proprietary audio platform / app. On each of their audio recordings narrators identify themselves by name, school and graduation year as described below. Additionally, our proprietary platform accompanies each audio article with the narrators’ email address and LinkedIn profile. The selected narrators also enhance their education with access to the latest developments and innovations in their field, and are compensated at a rate of $75 per hour of audio content.

To apply, please e-mail a) your resume and b) a sample audio narration of the sample content below using the Voice Memos app on your iPhone or similar app such as Evernote on your Android phone, to narrators@modioinfo.com. In the subject line, please write “Application – Medical Narrator”. Please feel free to email us any questions as well.

 

Sample Content

Written By: Nikolaus Kernich, MD, et al.

Narrated By: [Your Full Name], [Your School], “Class of” [Graduation Year]

Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery,  June 2024. Vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) is a serious disease with an overall mortality rate of up to 24% and a 1-year mortality rate of up to 20% . The best therapeutic approach for this heterogeneous clinical entity is not clearly defined. The goals of VO treatment are healing of the underlying infection, restoration of function, and relief of associated pain. Targeted antibiotic therapy is crucial for successful treatment. Surgical debridement is also needed in 20% to 40% of cases..

Little is known about the differences between patients who undergo surgical and those who undergo nonsurgical treatment of VO. The available studies are mainly based on retrospective analyses with small numbers of cases. At least in the first 6 months after treatment, surgically treated patients seem to have a better quality of life than nonsurgically treated patients. However, available studies were not able to show a long-term beneficial effect in surgically treated patients.

Our aim was to determine differences between surgically and nonsurgically treated patients with VO and to identify possible factors influencing treatment failure (death and/or recurrence within 1 year after diagnosis) depending on the therapy utilized.

Materials and Methods

Patient Selection and Data Collection

We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical data prospectively collected from patients treated for VO between 2008 and 2020. Data were collected in a tertiary-care university hospital in Germany with a specialization in the treatment of VO. Data were entered by specialized spine surgeons into the German Spine Society (DWG) registry (formerly known as “Spine Tango”). Data collection and review of data were per- formed as previously described(see Appendix).

With regard to outcomes, we analyzed 30-day and 1-year mortality as well as the combined end point of treatment failure, defined as recurrence and/or mortality within the first year after diagnosis. Our follow-up rate at 1 year was 90.8%, and the median follow-up was 2.21 years (interquartile range [IQR], 1.52 to 5.37 years).

With regard to follow-up, our in-hospital standard includes radiographs at 3 and 12 months after discharge and annual telephone follow-up. When there was a clinical suspicion of a recurrence (new or increasing back pain, increase in infectious parameters without another clinical manifestation, or positive blood cultures without another infectious source), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed. To confirm the diagnosis, additional blood cultures and, if necessary, a biopsy were performed before new antibiotic therapy was initiated.

 

Additional Instructions

Recordings should be completed in a quiet environment on the applicant’s mobile device or computer. Start the recording by stating the title of the article, “written by Nikolaus Kernich, MD, et al. “, “narrated by [Your name], [Your School] “Class of [Graduation Year]”. Then state the publication name- “Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery” and the issue- “June 2024”. Then narrate the body of the article. In preparing your audio sample, it will be a good idea to listen to samples from audio narrations that we have circulated to subscribers to get a sense of the pace and tone we are looking for. To review them, go to http://modioinfo.com/our-solution/ and click the “Listen Now” buttons located in the Our Solution Section of the page. You will also see screenshots of our user interface that will give you a sense of the platform; including the “Meet the Narrator” link users can tap to access the email address and LinkedIn profile of the Narrators.

Once you complete recording your audio sample, email it to narrators@modioinfo.com and write “Application – Medical Narrator” in the subject line. On the Voice Memos App, use the icon resembling a square with an arrow pointing out of it to email us your audio file. Please remember to submit your resume, with contact information as well.

 

NOTE: The deadline for the current hiring cycle was 9/27/24.