Introduction to the Program

Únete a nuestro equipo de alumnos y especialízate en ensayos clínicos, una vertiente de la investigación en constante crecimiento”

El conocimiento refleja en gran medida el éxito de procesos, investigaciones y descubrimientos, sobre todo en materia de la medicina. No obstante, la coordinación y el trabajo en equipo aumentan las posibilidades de que el proyecto a tratar vaya a más. Clinical Trials Coordination es fundamental en el proceso de identificar que medicamentos surgen y cuales no, puesto que se debe seguir una línea procesal que específique a lujo de detalle los itinerarios de cada médico para su aporte correcto dentro de la investigación.  

Es por ello que, el profesional médico ha de actualizar sus conocimientos en ciertos aspectos básicos pero fundamentales dentro del proceso investigativo y experimental de los Ensayos Clínicos. Esto le permitirá tener una visión más completa y general de lo que conlleva una investigación científica, haciéndole participe de grandes descubrimientos que beneficien a miles de personas.  

Esta Postgraduate diploma en Clinical Trials Coordination está destinado a que los médicos adquieran las capacidades y habilidades necesarias para que no pueda existir ningún error en ninguna parte del proceso. Y es que el archivo del investigador debe contener toda la documentación relativa al equipo investigador (currículum vitae y otros documentos relevantes que evidencien la cualificación de los investigadores) y al paciente (consentimientos informados, medidas de reclutamiento, visitas de monitorización), el protocolo del estudio, el manual del investigador, un modelo del cuaderno de recogida de datos, y los diferentes procedimientos de laboratorio y de seguridad, por lo que su custodia debe realizarse de manera adecuada. 

Se trata entonces de un programa eficaz lanzado por TECH para el beneficio del médico, con una modalidad 100% online que permitirá a los profesionales de la salud amoldar su tiempo y cronograma para dividir las sesiones de su vida personal y profesional. Con material descargable y accesible desde cualquier dispositivo móvil con conexión a internet.

Esta Postgraduate diploma en Clinical Trials Coordination que te permitirá especializarte hasta conseguir la excelencia en tu trabajo”

Esta Postgraduate diploma en Clinical Trials Coordination contiene el programa universitario más completo y actualizado del mercado. Sus características más destacadas son:

  • El desarrollo de casos prácticos presentados por expertos en Coordinación de Ensayos Clínicos
  • Los contenidos gráficos, esquemáticos y eminentemente prácticos con los que están concebidos recogen una información científica y práctica sobre aquellas disciplinas indispensables para el ejercicio profesional
  • Las novedades sobre Coordinación de Ensayos Clínicos
  • Los ejercicios prácticos donde realizar el proceso de autoevaluación para mejorar el aprendizaje
  • Su especial hincapié en metodologías innovadoras en Coordinación de Ensayos Clínicos
  • Las lecciones teóricas, preguntas al experto, foros de discusión de temas controvertidos y trabajos de reflexión individual
  • La disponibilidad de los contenidos desde cualquier dispositivo fijo o portátil con conexión a internet

Esta Postgraduate diploma es la mejor inversión que puedes hacer en la selección de un programa de actualización por dos motivos: además de poner al día tus conocimientos en Clinical Trials Coordination, obtendrás una titulación  por  TECH Global University”

Incluye en su cuadro docente a profesionales pertenecientes al ámbito de la Sanidad, que vierten en esta formación la experiencia de su trabajo, además de reconocidos especialistas de sociedades de referencia y universidades de prestigio.

Su contenido multimedia, elaborado con la última tecnología educativa, permitirá al profesional un aprendizaje situado y contextual, es decir, un entorno simulado que proporcionará una formación inmersiva programada para entrenarse ante situaciones reales.

El diseño de este programa se centra en el Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas, mediante el cual el sanitario deberá tratar de resolver las distintas situaciones de práctica profesional que se le planteen a lo largo del curso académico. Para ello, el profesor contará con la ayuda de un novedoso sistema de vídeo interactivo realizado por reconocidos expertos en el campo de la Clinical Trials Coordination y con gran experiencia.

No dudes en realizar esta capacitación con nosotros. Encontrarás el mejor material didáctico con lecciones virtuales"

Este Postgraduate diploma 100% online te permitirá compaginar tus estudios con tu labor profesional a la vez que aumentas tus conocimientos en este ámbito"

Syllabus

The structure of the contents has been designed by the best professionals in research and health, with an extensive background and recognized prestige in the profession, backed by the volume of cases reviewed, studied and diagnosed, and with extensive mastery of new technologies.

This Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Trials Coordination contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market” 

Module 1. Coordination of Clinical Trials (I) 

1.1. The Researcher's File - General Aspects

1.1.1. What is the Researcher's File? What type of Documentation Should It Contain and Why? How Long Should the Information be Stored? 
1.1.2. Contract 

 1.1.2.1. Original Copies
 1.1.2.2. Amendments

1.1.3. Ethical Committees

 1.1.3.1. Approvals
 1.1.3.2. Amendments

1.1.4. Regulatory Authorities

 1.1.4.1. Approvals
 1.1.4.2. Modifications
 1.1.4.3. Monitoring and Final Reports

1.1.5. Civil Liability Insurance

1.2. Documentation Associated with Research Team

1.2.1. CV
1.2.2. Good Clinical Practice Certificate
1.2.3. Specific Training Certificates
1.2.4. Signed Statement of the Investigator, “Financial Disclosure” 
1.2.5. Task Delegation

1.3. Study Protocol and Monitoring

1.3.1. Protocol Versions, Summary and Pocket Guides
1.3.2. Protocol
1.3.3. Protocol Amendments
1.3.4. Protocol Signature Form

1.4. Patient Related Material

1.4.1. Patient Information Form and Informed Consent Form (Copies and Specimens for Signature) 
1.4.2. Modifications to the Consent (Copies and Specimens for Signature) 
1.4.3. Study Participation Cards
1.4.4. Information for Primary Care Physician
1.4.5. Questionnaires

1.5. Patient Forms, Monitoring Visits

1.5.1. Patient Screening Form
1.5.2. Patient Recruitment and Identification Form
1.5.3. Visit Logs and Reports Form

1.6. Data Collection Notebooks (DCNs)

1.6.1. Types
1.6.2. Guide or Manual for Data Entry in the DCN
1.6.3. Copy of DCN

1.7. Investigator's Brochure (Studies with Medical Devices) or Fact Sheet (Clinical Trials with Medication) 

1.7.1. Investigators Brochure (IB)
1.7.2. Technical Data Sheets of the Drugs Under Study (If Marketed) 
1.7.3. Instructions for the Control of Specific Parameters (e.g. Temperature) 
1.7.4. Instructions for Return of Medication or Medical Devices

1.8. Material Related to Laboratory and Specific Procedures

1.8.1. Central Laboratories and Sample Shipping Documents
1.8.2. Local Laboratory: Qualification Certificates and Ranks
1.8.3. Instructions for Acquiring and/or Processing Medical Images
1.8.4. Sample and Material Shipment

1.9. Security/Safety

1.9.1. Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events
1.9.2. Notification Instructions
1.9.3. Relevant Security Correspondence

1.10. Others

1.10.1. Contact Information
1.10.2. “Note to File” 
1.10.3. Correspondence with the Promoter
1.10.4. Acknowledgements of Receipt
1.10.5. Newsletter

Module 2. Coordination of Clinical Trials (II) 

2.1. Research Team

2.1.1. Components of a Research Team

 2.1.1.1. Principal Investigator
 2.1.1.2. Sub-Investigator
 2.1.1.3. Coordinator
 2.1.1.4. Rest of the Team

2.1.2. Responsibilities of the Research Team

 2.1.2.1. Compliance with Good Clinical Practices and Current Legislation
 2.1.2.2. Compliance of the Study Protocol
 2.1.2.3. Care and Maintenance of the Research Archive

2.1.3. Task Delegation

 2.1.3.1. Document Details
 2.1.3.2. Example

2.2. Trial Coordinator

2.2.1. Responsibilities

 2.2.1.1. Primary Responsibilities
 2.2.1.2. Secondary Responsibilities

2.2.2. Capabilities and Competencies

 2.2.2.1. Academic Background
 2.2.2.2. Skills

2.2.3. Clinical Trial vs. Observational Study

 2.2.3.1. Types of Clinical Trials
 2.2.3.2. Types of Observational Studies

2.3. Protocol

2.3.1. Primary and Secondary Objectives

 2.3.1.1. What Are They and Who Defines Them? 
 2.3.1.2. Importance During the Course of the Clinical Trial

2.3.2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

 2.3.2.1. Inclusion Criteria
 2.3.2.2. Exclusion Criteria
 2.3.2.3. Example

2.3.3. Flowchart

 2.3.3.1. Document and Explanation

2.3.4. Concomitant Medication and Prohibited Medication

 2.3.4.1. Concomitant Drug
 2.3.4.2. Forbidden Medication
 2.3.4.3. Washout Periods

2.4. Documentation Required to Initiate Clinical Trial

2.4.1. Curriculum of the Research Team

 2.4.1.1. Basic Notions of a Research Curriculum
 2.4.1.2. Good Clinical Practice Example

2.4.2. Good Clinical Practice

 2.4.2.1. Origin of Good Clinical Practices
 2.4.2.2. How to Get Certified? 
 2.4.2.3. Expiration

2.4.3. Suitability of the Research Team

 2.4.3.1. Who Signs the Document? 
 2.4.3.2. Presentation to Ethics Committee

2.4.4. Suitability of Facilities

 2.4.4.1. Who Signs the Document? 
 2.4.4.2. Ethical Committee Presentation

2.4.5. Calibration Certificates

 2.4.5.1. Calibration
 2.4.5.2. Calibration Equipment
 2.4.5.3. Valid Certifications
 2.4.5.4. Expiration

2.4.6. Other Training

 2.4.6.1. Necessary Certifications According Protocol

2.5. Main Functions Trial Coordinator

2.5.1. Documentation Preparation

 2.5.1.1. Documentation Requested for Approval of the Study at the Center

2.5.2. Investigator Meeting

 2.5.2.1. Importance
 2.5.2.2. Attendees

2.5.3. Initiation Visit

 2.5.3.1. Duties of the Coordinator
 2.5.3.2. Functions of the Principal Investigator and Subinvestigators
 2.5.3.3. Promoter
 2.5.3.4. Monitor

2.5.4. Monitoring Visit

 2.5.4.1. Preparation After a Monitoring Visit
 2.5.4.2. Functions During the Monitoring Visit

2.5.5. End-Of-Study Visit

 2.5.5.1. Storage of the Researchers File

2.6. Relationship with the Patient

2.6.1. Preparation of Visits

 2.6.1.1. Consents and Amendments
 2.6.1.2. Visit Window
 2.6.1.3. Identify the Responsibilities of the Investigation Team during the Visit
 2.6.1.4. Visit Calculator
 2.6.1.5. Preparation of Documentation to be Used During the Visit

2.6.2. Complementary Tests

 2.6.2.1. Analysis
 2.6.2.2. Chest X-Ray
 2.6.2.3. Electrocardiogram

2.6.3. Calendar of Visits

 2.6.3.1. Example

2.7. Samples

2.7.1. Equipment and Materials Necessary

 2.7.1.1. Centrifuge
 2.7.1.2. Incubator
 2.7.1.3. Refrigerators

2.7.2. Processing of Samples

 2.7.2.1. General Procedure
 2.7.2.2. Example

2.7.3. Laboratory Kits

 2.7.3.1. What are they? 
 2.7.3.2. Expiration

2.7.4. Shipment of Samples

 2.7.4.1. Sample Storage
 2.7.4.2. Ambient Temperature Shipment
 2.7.4.3. Shipping Frozen Samples 

2.8. Data Collection Notebooks

2.8.1. What Is It? 

 2.8.1.1. Types of Notebooks 
 2.8.1.2. Paper Notebook 
 2.8.1.3. Electronic Notebook
 2.8.1.4. Specific Notebooks According to Protocol

2.8.2. How To Complete It? 

 2.8.2.1. Example

2.8.3. Query

 2.8.3.1. What Is A Query? 
 2.8.3.2. Resolution Time
 2.8.3.3. Who Can Open a Query? 

2.9. Randomization Systems

2.9.1. What Is It? 
2.9.2. Types of IWRS:

 2.9.2.1. Telephonics
 2.9.2.2. Electronics

2.9.3. Responsibilities Researcher vs. Research Team

 2.9.3.1. Screening
 2.9.3.2. Randomization
 2.9.3.3. Scheduled Visits
 2.9.3.4. Unscheduled Visits
 2.9.3.5. Blinding Opening

2.9.4. Medication

 2.9.4.1. Who Receives the Medication? 
 2.9.4.2. Drug Traceability

2.9.5. Return of Medication

 2.9.5.1. Functions of the Research Team in the Return of Medication

2.10. Biological Treatments

2.10.1. Coordination of Clinical Trials with Biologics

 2.10.1.1. Biological Treatments
 2.10.1.2. Types of Treatment

2.10.2. Types of Studies

 2.10.2.1. Biological Criteria Placebo
 2.10.2.2. Biological Criteria Biological Criteria

2.10.3. Biological Management

 2.10.3.1. Administration
 2.10.3.2. Traceability

2.10.4. Rheumatic Diseases 

 2.10.4.1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
 2.10.4.2. Psoriatic Arthritis
 2.10.4.3. Lupus
 2.10.4.4. Scleroderma

Module 3. Follow-up of Patients in Clinical Trials 

3.1. Patient Care in Outpatient Clinics

3.1.1. Visits in the Protocol

 3.1.1.1. Visits and Procedures
 3.1.1.2. Window of Realization of the Different Visits
 3.1.1.3. Database Considerations

3.2. Materials Used in the Different Study Visits

3.2.1. Questionnaires
3.2.2. Drug Adherence Cards
3.2.3. Symptom Cards
3.2.4. Study Card
3.2.5. Electronic Devices
3.2.6. Suicide Risk Scales
3.2.7. Material for the Displacement of Patients
3.2.8. Others

3.3. Strategies for Patient Retention

3.3.1. Possible Causes for Abandonment of a Clinical Trial
3.3.2. Strategies and Solutions to the Possible Causes of Abandonment
3.3.3. Long-Term Monitoring of Patients Leaving the Study Prematurely

3.4. Loss of Patient Follow-Up

3.4.1. Definition of Loss of Monitoring
3.4.2. Causes of Loss of Monitoring
3.4.3. Resumption of Monitoring

 3.4.3.1. Re-Inclusion Back into the Protocol

3.5. Adherence to Pharmacological Treatment under Study

3.5.1. Calculation of Adherence to Pharmacological Treatment
3.5.2. Risk Factors for Therapeutic Non-Compliance
3.5.3. Strategies to Strengthen Adherence to Treatment
3.5.4. Treatment Dropout
3.5.5. Study Drug Interactions

3.6. Monitoring of Adverse Reactions, and Symptom Management in the Study Medication 

3.6.1. Study Medication

 3.6.1.1. Different Drug Presentations
 3.6.1.2. Procedure and Preparation of Study Medication

3.6.2. Drug-Related Adverse Reactions
3.6.3. Non-Drug Related Adverse Reactions
3.6.4. Adverse Reaction Treatment

3.7. Monitoring of Patient Attendance at Study Visits

3.7.1. Visit Calculator
3.7.2. Study Visits Control
3.7.3. Tools for Compliance and Visitor Control

3.8. Difficulties in Patient Monitoring Within a Clinical Trial

3.8.1. Problems Related to Adverse Patient Events
3.8.2. Problems Related to the Patients Work Situation
3.8.3. Problems Related to the Patients Residence
3.8.4. Problems Related to the Patients Legal Status
3.8.5. Solutions and their Treatments

3.9. Monitoring of Patients in Treatment with Psychopharmaceuticals
3.10. Monitoring of Patients During Hospitalization

This will provide key knowledge to advance your career"

Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trials Coordination

The development of products, drugs and/or diagnostic techniques is subject to an arduous scientific research process that consists of several phases. Among these is the clinical trial, one of the most relevant stages for the successful development of a project. By means of the evaluation that is carried out through studies applied to people, the aim is to verify the safety, efficacy and guarantees that these will have with their subsequent application or use. Due to the responsibility involved in the execution of these tests, it is necessary to have a team of professionals who are highly trained in skillfully assisting this field of medicine. At TECH Global University we designed the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trial Coordination, a program that will allow you to expand your knowledge and skills within this discipline.

Become a trial coordinator in clinical research.

The main objective of this program is to favor the specialization of medical professionals in the field of scientific research, specifically in the area of clinical trials. Thus, with the study plan they will have the opportunity to learn about the different phases that are carried out during the development of a new drug, device or treatment; they will be able to establish the basic structure of a clinical trial and identify the difference between its different classes, and they will analyze the circuit of the manufactured product, from its conception to its introduction in the market after the completion of the project. They will also study the content of a clinical research protocol, learn about the commitment involved in complying with its guidelines and understand the rights and duties of the different participating agents during this stage of project management and development.

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At TECH Global University we have the most complete and innovative curriculum in the sector. With this program, you will be trained through the study and resolution of real cases in simulated environments along with the best techniques and tools focused on online learning. In this way, you will have at your fingertips a complete, concrete and highly flexible program that adjusts to the needs of our students and makes it compatible with the goals and life projects of people who are immersed in the working world.