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What is Clinical Research?	Related Career Titles
Related Major Skills	Job & Internship Search Links
Career Planning Links	Professional Association Links
Miscellaneous Resources	UNCW Dept. of Nursing-Clinical Research http://www.uncw.edu/son/academic-bscr.htm

What is Clinical Research?

Clinical research is defined as the study of drug, biologic or device in human subjects with the intent to discover potential beneficial effects and/or determine its safety and efficacy. Also called clinical study and clinical investigation.  It is the systematic measures used to assess safety & efficacy of new medicines. They compare the new treatment under evaluation with a placebo or the previous standard treatment.

Before a pharmaceutical company can initiate testing in humans, it must conduct extensive preclinical or laboratory research. This research typically involves years of experiments in animal and human cells. The compounds are also extensively tested in animals. If this stage of testing is successful, a pharmaceutical company provides this data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), requesting approval to begin testing the drug in humans. This is called an Investigational New Drug application (IND).

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RELATED CAREER TITLES

Analyst Auditory Scientist Clinical Affairs Manager Clinical Director Clinical Interviewer Clinical Project Leader Clinical Quality Advisor Clinical Research Associate Clinical Science Manager Clinical Study Data CoordinatorContinuing Review Manager Medical Director Principal Investigator Protocol Nurse Coordinator Radiochemist Research Coordinator Research Education & Training Specialist Clinical Trial Coordinator College Professor

Continuing Review Manager Medical Director Principal Investigator Protocol Nurse Coordinator Radiochemist Research Coordinator Research Education & Training Specialist Research Monitoring Specialist Research Nurse Research Supply Specialist RN Clinical Research Coordinator Safety Associate Transplant Research Coordinator Research Monitoring Specialist Research Nurse Research Supply Specialist RN Clinical Research Coordinator Safety Associate Transplant Research Coordinator Clinical Study Manager Clinical Training Manager

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RELATED MAJOR SKILLS

Quality Control Analysis Equipment Maintenance Reading Comprehension Troubleshooting Operation and Control Operation Monitoring Critical Thinking Science Orientation

Complex Problem Solving Visual Monitoring Problem Sensitivity Inductive/deductive Reasoning Information Ordering Category Flexibility Flexibility of Closure Oral and Written Communication

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Job & Internship Search Links

Association of Clinical Research Professionals Career Center, http://www.vv-vv.com/acrp/D73852OR.cfm?A=JML&B=1,1,0,0 

Biotechnology Directory (List of Recruiting Agencies), http://www.cato.com/biotech/bio-employ.html

CareerBuilder, http://healthcare.careerbuilder.com

Center Watch, http://www.centerwatch.com/careers/careers.html

Clinical Research Academy, http://www.cracademy.com

Clinical Research Centers (by state), http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/ncrrprog/clindir/crdirectory.asp

Clinical Research Jobs, http://www.clinicalresearchjobs.com

Clinical Trial Jobs, http://www.clinicaltrialjobs.com/index.cfm

CyberDivan Recruiting, http://recruiting.cyberdivan.com/html/candidates.html

Duke Clinical Research Institute, http://www.dcri.duke.edu/who_we_are/employment.jsp

Futures Resourcing, http://www.futures-resourcing.com/

General Clinical Research Centers , http://www.gcrconline.org

Health Jobs USA, http://www.healthjobsusa.com/

HireMedical, http://research.hiremedical.com

InPharm, http://www.inpharm.com/External/InpH/1,2580,2-0-0-0-inp_careers-0-0,00.html

Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/lhc/servlet/Turbine/template/training%2CEmployoppor.vm

MedHunters, http://www.medhunters.com/jobs/other-sector.html

National Institutes of Health, http://www.jobs.nih.gov

Pharmaceutical Recruiters, http://www.abpi-careers.org.uk/htm/pharmrecruit.htm

Pharmiweb, http://www.pharmiweb.com/careers/default.asp

RegSource, http://www.regsource.com/Jobs/jobs.html

Science Careers, http://aaas.sciencecareers.org/js.php

The Scientist Careers, http://careers.the-scientist.com/

US Department of Health and Human Services, http://www.os.dhhs.gov/careers/index.html

US Food and Drug Administration, http://www.fda.gov/jobs/default.htm

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Career Planning Links

Association of Clinical Research Professionals, http://www.acrpnet.org/

Clinical Research Investigator Registry (great networking resource), http://www.criregistry.com

Institute of Clinical Research Career Literature, http://www.instituteofclinicalresearch.org/id502careerlit.asp

Institute of Clinical Research, http://www.instituteofclinicalresearch.org/

Journal of Clinical Research, http://www.pjbpubs.com/clinical_research/index.htm

National Center for Research Resources, http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/clinical_rsrch.asp

Society of Clinical Research Associates, http://www.socra.org/html/internet.htm

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Professional Associations Links

American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science http://www.ascls.org/

American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org/

American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics http://www.ascpt.org/
                         
Association of Clinical Research Professionals http://www.acrpnet.org/

Clinical Research Investigator Registry (great networking resource) http://www.criregistry.com

Institute of Clinical Research Career Literature http://www.instituteofclinicalresearch.org/id502careerlit.asp

Institute of Clinical Research http://www.instituteofclinicalresearch.org/

National Center for Research Resources http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/clinical_rsrch.asp

Society of Clinical Research Associates http://www.socra.org/html/internet.htm

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Miscellaneous Resources

UNCW Post Graduate Survey, http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/stulife/assessment_services/pg_survey_pages/Clinical%20Laboratory%20Sciences.htm

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