Workshops
How to Coordinate a Clinical Trial

The Basics

Next Workshop: March 5-6, 2010 Atlanta GA

This workshop brings to life FDA and ICH guidelines for conducting clinical trials by covering a trial from the site perspective in sequence, from pre-study visit to study closeout. The course is designed for new study coordinators (CRCs), research nurses or clinical trial investigators and for any site professional without formal GCP training.

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Beyond the Basics


Next Workshop: March 8-9, 2010 Atlanta GA

This workshop covers clinical trial management  beyond routine coordinating. Topics include basic clinical trial budgeting, medical device regulations, clinical trial protocol analysis, FDA audits, ethical issues and site team communications. This class is targeted at experienced study coordinators (CRCs), research nurses, clinical trial investigators and clinical research site professionals who have attended basic training in clinical trial coordination and/or who have equivalent knowledge of FDA guidelines and GCPs.

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Managing Finances

Next Workshop: March 1-2, 2010 San Francisco CA

This workshop covers clinical trial finances from using financial protocol analysis to build a trial budget to tracking financial activity and working with financial reports. This class is for experienced clinical research nurses, study coordinators (CRCs), investigators, research administrators or any clinical team member with a fiscal responsibility. Attendees should have attended basic training in clinical trial coordination and/or have equivalent knowledge of FDA regulations and GCPs.

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On-Site and Customized Workshops

CRST offers in-house and customized programs to meet the needs of individual sites. We offer on-site presentations of our regular workshops to enable one or more local sites to provide cost-effective local training for their staff. We can also customize our offerings to meet specialized needs. A prime example is customizing our Basics workshop for investigators.Learn more >

 

 
CRST Discussion Forums

NEW! CRST Discussion Forums bring the spirit of peer to peer learning online. These forums allow you to ask questions and get answers from other site professionals or to discuss general topics of interest.

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Polls
When a trial involves special populations (minorities, older adults), the most important adjustment to make is in:

a. Advertising for subjects
b. Informed consents
c. Scheduling of visits
d. Compliance efforts