This eLearning bundle includes the Clinical Trial Fundamentals eLearning Program, and the Informed Consent: Comprehensive Concepts and Components module. The self-paced courses are mobile compatible and learners will have access for one full year to complete them. Learning at your fingertips anywhere, anytime, and at a time that works for you!
The Clinical Trial Fundamentals eLearning Program includes three self-paced modules designed to provide a practical context to help clinical research professionals learn about conducting clinical trials. Using an interactive case study with realistic scenarios designed to illustrate the learning points, the program follows the activities of a fictitious clinical investigator and her staff as they prepare for, initiate and conduct a clinical study. As learners make decisions during the clinical trial, the program illustrates how clinical trial regulations and guidelines impact each situation, and the complex details of clinical trial study management.
The Informed Consent: Comprehensive Concepts and Components module provides an in-depth review of the key concepts of informed consent. It reviews the components of a complete and appropriate consent form as specified by the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as guidance for the creation and appropriate wording of these components. It also includes information on the benefits and concerns with electronic informed consent, and presents publications and projects that explore the use of eConsent.
- Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of the clinical investigator, the study staff, and the sponsor
- Identify the clinical phases of drug development and what is done at each phase
- Outline the clinical trial regulations and Good Clinical Practice guidelines on conducting a clinical trial and essential documents
- List the foundations of ethical conduct in clinical research including its impact on clinical research
- Recognize the history behind human subject protection
- Compare different study designs and discuss the merits of each
- Determine how to develop a study budget
Module 2: Study Initiation:
- Define the roles and responsibilities of the Institutional Review Board or Independent Ethics Committee
- Evaluate the correct way to complete the FDA Form 1572
- List financial disclosure requirements of the clinical investigator and study staff
- Distinguish the elements of the informed consent document, including HIPAA authorization
- Identify the documents necessary to submit to the IRB before a study begins
- Determine the purpose, attendees, and activities of the study initiation meeting and the investigator meeting, and
- Analyze how clinical trial study files should be organized before the study starts
Module 3: Conducting the Study:
- Compare methods for successful subject recruitment, retention, and compliance
- Utilize the informed consent process during a clinical trial
- Classify adverse events
- Evaluate the reporting of adverse events
- Determine how to manage monitoring visits
- Identify FDA inspection details including preparation, the inspection process, and consequences for regulatory violation
- Outline the steps in preparing a post-study critique and study closure
- Define informed consent and identify the key characteristics of the process
- Identify situations that would require informed consent, and exceptions to consent
- Select the proper methods of communicating with and gaining consent from various populations of potential study subjects
- Determine the proper use of electronic consent, its benefits, and concerns with its use
- Recognize common problems with completed consent forms
- Evaluate a complete and appropriate consent form
- List which consent form components are necessary based on the characteristics of the study and potential study subjects
- Analyze completed consent forms for comprehensiveness, appropriateness, and accuracy
- Differentiate between short and long consent forms, and explain when each is appropriate
- Define informed consent requirements under HIPAA
- Responsibilities of the investigator and sponsor
- Study design and documents
- Responsibilities of the study staff
- Institutional Review Boards
- Elements of Informed Consent and HIPAA
- eConsent
- Subject recruitment, selection, retention, and compliance
- Classifying, recording, and reporting adverse events
- Managing monitoring visits
- FDA inspections
- Study completion