What Is a Medical Review Officer and How to Become One
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What Does a Medical Review Officer Do?
As a medical review officer, or MRO, your responsibilities are to review test results from a lab that conducts drug testing on behalf of a company, an athletic competition, or a state organization, such as a department of transportation. Your duties are to analyze and verify the lab results, as well as help ensure its accuracy. You work as an objective party to attest to the sanctity of the process and describe the results to employers. When tests come back positive, you may perform further investigative work to determine whether there is a legitimate reason for a positive result.
How to Become a Medical Review Officer
To become a medical review officer, you need to earn a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and complete medical school. Beneficial fields to study for your undergraduate degree include biology, chemistry, and other life sciences, along with math. After medical school, you must complete extensive training and become board-certified to practice medicine. Additional qualifications for this career include excellent communication and analytical thinking skills, as well as attention to detail.
