Research Intern
Posted Sep 23, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This internship asks for about 10 hours a week on site in La Crosse during clinic hours, for the full academic year. How will you fit that around your classes?
What they are checking: Whether the student has thought through a consistent schedule for an entire year, not just one semester.
Tell me about a time you entered or organized a lot of data. How did you make sure it was accurate?
What they are checking: Whether they have habits like double-checking entries, since small data errors can ruin a study.
This role supports nursing research and research navigation projects. What interests you about clinical research?
What they are checking: Whether their interest is real and connected to their future plans, which predicts how engaged they will stay.
Tell me about a project where you had to follow detailed instructions closely. What was hard about it?
What they are checking: Whether they can follow a protocol exactly, since research results depend on everyone collecting data the same way.
What would you do
While pulling information from a chart, you find two notes that disagree about a patient's medication. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they flag the discrepancy to research staff instead of choosing one answer on their own.
Some projects may involve interviewing patients. How would you approach a patient who seems nervous or unsure about talking to you?
What they are checking: Whether they can be respectful and clear, and respect that a patient can say no.
You're halfway through entering data and realize you've been using the wrong code for one field. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they own a mistake quickly and tell their supervisor, rather than quietly hoping no one notices.
You'll take direction from Research Institute staff and principal investigators. How do you handle it when two people ask you for things at the same time?
What they are checking: Whether they will ask for priorities to be clarified instead of guessing or overcommitting.
About the work
You'd be reviewing medical records for data collection. Why does patient privacy matter so much in that work, and how would you protect it?
What they are checking: Whether they understand HIPAA basics and treat health information with the care research requires.
What do you already know about how a case report form or research database is set up?
What they are checking: Whether they have any exposure to structured data collection, or at least the curiosity to learn it.
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