How To Get CRA Experience Want to get a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) job in ANY organization? Well, you’ve landed in the right place. There are a ton of CRA jobs out there. But there is one major concern most employers have with entry-level candidates. Employers want applicants to have…
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Get A Clinical Research Job – [THE BEAVER METHOD]
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Get A Clinical Research Job – [THE BEAVER METHOD] You spent thousands of dollars on undergraduate or graduate program. You majored in medicine, science or engineering. You even have a GPA of 3.5+ with Honors. But now you’re struggling with getting your into the door at a clinical research organization….
Who’s Who In Clinical Research
Who’s Who In Clinical Research Almost everyone I’ve met in clinical research has accidentally discovered this hidden profession. Your interest in science and medicine somehow got you involved in clinical research and clinical trial management. But didn’t you wish you had a crystal clear understanding of “Who’s Who In Clinical…
25 Soft Skills To Boost Your Clinical Research Career
As clinical research professionals, we often hear about GCP, HIPAA, compliance, monitoring, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), so on and so forth. When trying to secure that next promotion, we often focus on our clinical research skills: the ability to enroll a trial fast, locking that trial database on schedule…
Ultimate Guide To Clinical Trial Costs
Have you been tasked to develop clinical trial budget? Well you’re in luck because I’m going to share everything you need to know about clinical trial costs. Clinical trial budgets are often put together in haste. The focus is on getting the product to market as quickly as possibly. Or…
10 Smart Strategies to Getting Response from Clinical Site Coordinators
Getting response from clinical site coordinators can be a constant battle of repeated follow-ups. There are many reasons why site coordinators don’t respond or are slow to respond. Today site coordinators receive continuous stream of communication from multiple sponsors and CROs. This communication comes through emails, phone calls, in-person visits…
3 Reasons Why Your Project Is Behind Schedule
Whether you are a leading a project with a team that doesn’t report to you or a research manager leading a team of research coordinators, clinical research associates, biostatisticians, data managers or project managers, you’ve probably been in situations where work was not done as planned or expected. Deliverables don’t…
Becoming A Wartime General
When you are managing a clinical research project, you are bound to experience “good times” and “bad times”. Clinical research projects are always evolving. Somedays a project will be moving forward smoothly and on other days things might be quite challenging. Like anything in life, unexpected issues do come up….
Crafting Perfect Emails to Physicians
I have a confession to make. Back in 2007 when I joined Abbott Vascular as a Clinical Project Manager, I did not know to write emails. The core function of a project manager is being able to communicate well with all stakeholders. And here I was, afraid of typing and…
The Beauty of One-on-One Meetings
Many of us know that we need to communicate often and frequently with our manager. One form of such communication is to conduct a regular one-on-one meeting with our manager. In my experience, one-on-one meetings are hugely undervalued, conducted ineffectively or simply brushed off as a “status update” meeting. In…