Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – January 1, 2009
January 1, 2009
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Shortage of nurses, docs hurts CR staff hiring, retention rates
Clinical research sites are continuing to struggle finding and retaining trained staff in an environment in which physicians, researchers, and nurses are in ever shorter supply.Improve your CR site's staff recruitment and retention by following these tips
Most clinical trial managers face the familiar problem of finding the right employees to handle increasingly difficult clinical research work and then keeping the best employees for more than a year or two.Compliance Corner: Common problems can have major consequences
It's important to stress to clinical research staff and investigators that regulation compliance is a goal that everyone in the CR enterprise works hard to achieve, an expert says.Informed consent and biorepositories
Research participants are more open to sharing their medical tissue for research than is commonly thought, but they also do expect to hear about the results of any health findings, a researcher says.Monitoring program finds common mistakes
The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, identifies clinical trial compliance deficits and other trends fairly quickly because of a post-approval monitoring program."Learning Shots" provide just-in-time education
Research institutions often find one of the biggest educational challenges is finding times or forums that work for researchers and clinical trial staff.Weigh the vulnerability of clinical research subjects
Investigators and clinical trial associates sometimes miss the more subtle signs of vulnerabilities among potential study participants.2008 Salary Survey Results: Survey shows some wage growth, but experts say industry still lagging
Salaries remain strong for readers of Clinical Trials Administrator, according to the 2008 Salary Survey.