Clinical research workforce development efforts have focused on both increasing the size of
the workforce of investigators and professionals working in the clinical research enterprise …

Competency standards for clinical research professionals are being developed across the
enterprise, based largely on the Core Competency Framework put forth by the Joint Task …

Background: Defining key barriers to the development of a well-trained clinical research
professional (CRP) workforce is an essential first step in identifying solutions for successful …

Clinical research professionals play a critical role in the design, conduct, and oversight of
clinical trials, and they must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to ensure that trials are …

Background: Clinical research in the 21st century will require a well-trained workforce to
ensure that research protocols yield valid and reliable results. Several organizations have …

Abstract The Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency (JTF) conducted a global survey
of clinical research professionals requesting respondents to self-assess their competencies …

Introduction: There is a clear need to educate and train the clinical research workforce to
conduct scientifically sound clinical research. Meeting this need requires the creation of …

The development of new medicines today, requires a multi-professional workforce, both in
industry and the clinical research arena. Pharmaceutical physicians (PPs) and medicines …

Background The organization and operation of clinical trials have become increasingly
complex requiring the coordination of a well-trained workforce to ensure that complicated …

IFAPP (International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians and
Pharmaceutical Medicine) is a nonprofit organization with the mission to promote …