Resources For Professional Research Staff

Resources For Professional Research Staff

Core Competency Framework for Clinical Research Professionals

The Core Competency Framework designed by the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency, utilized by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, is made up of eight Competency Domains consisting of broad categories of knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for conducting clinical research. 

Foundations of Clinical Research

Newly hired research assistants and coordinators will benefit from the Foundations of Clinical Research to provide a broad overview of clinical research, roles and responsibilities, regulations underpinning all research with human volunteers (e.g., Belmont Report, Helsinki Report, HIPAA), tools used in study conduct, and hints and other resources. Completing all components of the recorded video will require approximately 3 hours.

Researchers, human resources professionals and research administrators may distribute the link to the recorded video, and use the slide template and presenter’s guide to customize content to apply to technical platforms in use at the organization (e.g., electronic health record, clinical trial management system, and institutional review board). Customized training can be recorded and made available to new employees on the ITHS Translational Research Education Engine (TREE) or posted on internal web sites.

Competency-Based, All-Level Training (COBALT)

Asynchronous, topic specific training modules are available on demand for existing research coordinators. Modules have been developed using competencies for research coordination designed by the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency utilized by ACRP and are available through the ITHS Translational Research Education Engine (TREE) at no cost. Content has been categorized by beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. The TREE records the status of users and provides certificates of completion for users completing all modules in each level. Employers can monitor the progress of employees.

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