CLINICAL RESEARCH ANALYST

 CLINICAL RESEARCH ANALYST

A Clinical Research Analyst usually works on studies designed to measure the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical device or a procedure conducted on the human body. Research analyst will be interacting directly with patients in order to screen them and also to collect data needed for the particular study. However, they also work with physician or scientist who oversees the ongoing clinical study. Clinical research analyst plays an essential role in all forms of medical research including early and late phase clinical trials.

Roles in Clinical Research field:

 Coordinating an ongoing clinical research study by identifying patients, tracking inventory, interacting with patient, collecting data and overseeing protocol.

 Acts as liaison between supervising principal investigator and other medical staff such as nurse.

 Acts as primary financial person whenever necessary

Educational Requirements:

Individual must have anundergraduate degree in medical sciences, nursing orlife science or clinical field such as physician’s assistant or registered nurse.

For entry level jobs:

An associate’s degree with at least 5 years of experience in a clinical research setting

For Higher level Jobs:

Bachelors or master’s degree with additional work experience

Certifications:

Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP)

Essay topics:

 Establishing plans and protocols for CR studies

 Examining journals, abstracts, literatures to keep updated of new advancements and to acquire details pertaining to earlier study which helps in planning of new studies

 Common Procedural Methods (CPM) for an ongoing clinical study (collection of subject blood samples, cultures, tissues and other samples for laboratory study)

 Pre specified requirements to conduct a clinical trial (screening of subjects as per the established inclusion criteria)

 Introduction to Clinical Research Protocols

 On the job work with patients and principal investigator

 Command on Federal Regulations especially those set by FDA

 Managements of Inventory (Unique drugs and materials required for a trial)

 Basic patient care and treatment

 Dispensing of drug orders for subjects as per the established protocol

 Delivering instructions to nursing team on methods of dispensing drugs and other types of patient care and treatment for ongoing study

 Answering queries regarding the ongoing study

 Managing interface with nursing and other specialized personnel

 Interpretation of the established protocol for a particular subject

 Collecting Information from charts and records through patient meetings and other sources

 Preparation of protocol conclusion forms

 Statistical reports

 Examining adverse reaction trends

 Extraction of information/content extraction through primary and secondary sources.

 Interpretation of outcomes and the preparation of manuscripts for publication

 Quality Assurance

Institution offering clinical research analyst training:

Clinosol is one of the best institute in offering Clinical research analyst training as it has highly skilled, certified and dedicated faculty with over 15+ years of industry experience in the area of Clinical Research. Due to the pandemic, most of the students are not able to obtain the trainings required to secure job. But Clinosol is offering interactive online sessions to cut-down the traveling time and additional expenses and gives a choice of taking classes at different timings based on the personal availability. Also Round-the-clock support by the faculty and counseling provides additional confidence building and encouragement to participate in different events designed gives calculated readiness for interviews. Clinosol also provides dedicated job groups to gain knowledge regarding all the updated career information along with internship opportunities to gain the real-world working exposure during in-house training is the best way to understand and deal wisely with the upcoming work challenges.

By

Sherla Ashwini

(Pharm.D. Intern)

Komuravelly Shravani

(Pharm.D. Intern)