Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD)

$200/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Generalist

Review and develop physician-facing healthcare surveys for clinical accuracy, methodological quality, and relevance to real-world practice. The work combines therapeutic-area expertise with hands-on healthcare market research and questionnaire design experience.

The work

You will design, refine, and review surveys intended for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Day-to-day tasks may include translating research objectives into unbiased questions, checking clinical terminology and treatment pathways, improving response scales and survey logic, and identifying issues that could weaken validity or data quality.

What Mercor screens for

The screening is likely to focus on verifiable examples of HCP survey work and your depth in particular diseases or therapeutic areas. Expect follow-up on questionnaire bias, diagnostic and treatment logic, prescribing behaviour, treatment journeys, unmet needs, and decisions you have made to improve a survey. Experience with Qualtrics, Forsta, Decipher, Alchemer, or SurveyMonkey is preferred, not required.

Working arrangement

The listing describes an ongoing collaboration across multiple therapeutic areas and research initiatives over the coming months. It does not specify whether the work is remote or asynchronous, and it does not state typical weekly hours, so candidates should confirm scheduling, project cadence, and expected turnaround times during the process.

Pay band: $200/hr

What they look for

Advanced clinical or scientific degree, such as an MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent qualification
Clinical expertise in specific diseases, therapeutic areas, treatment guidelines, and real-world decision-making
Experience designing, writing, reviewing, or validating healthcare professional surveys
Questionnaire design, survey logic, response scales, bias control, and research methodology
Experience with pharmaceutical, healthcare market research, life sciences consulting, or clinical research organisations
Ability to translate complex medical information into clear, actionable survey questions

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether you have direct HCP questionnaire experience and can identify the audience, therapeutic area, research objective, and your personal contribution.
A strong answer: Describe one or two concrete studies, including the target clinicians, disease area, survey purpose, your exact responsibilities, and what changed because of your review. Distinguish work you personally completed from decisions owned by the broader research team.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by discussing general clinical research or patient data collection without showing hands-on responsibility for an HCP questionnaire.

Summary, eligibility guidance and screening preparation are prepared by Sidequest from the platform's posting. Check the source listing before applying.

What you'll need

Advanced clinical or scientific degree, such as an MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent qualification

Clinical expertise in specific diseases, therapeutic areas, treatment guidelines, and real-world decision-making

Experience designing, writing, reviewing, or validating healthcare professional surveys