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Is Your Clinical Research Site Ready for Growth?

At a recent industry conference, the Quality Director of a rapidly expanding research site network approached our GCSA Site Certification stand to discuss a growing concern. Following an injection of external investment, their organization had scaled quickly through acquisition bringing multiple new independent sites into the network.

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If Clinical Research Training Is Competence-Based, Where’s the Evidence of Competence?

Competence-based clinical research training has become a buzzword across education, corporate learning, and professional certification. The promise is compelling: instead of focusing on time spent in a classroom, learners advance by demonstrating real skills and measurable ability. In theory, competence, not attendance, becomes the currency. But this raises a critical question: if training is truly competence-based, where is the evidence of competence?

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Rethinking Clinical Trial KPIs: From ‘First Participant, First Visit’ to Last ‘Participant, Last Visit’

In the clinical trials industry, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have long been dominated by the ‘First Participant, First Visit’ (FPFV) metric. Sponsors, CROs, and sites alike celebrate the speed at which a trial enrolls its first participant as a major milestone. While there’s no denying that FPFV represents momentum and is often a key financial milestone, there’s growing concern that overemphasis on this single point in time creates a narrow view of trial success, potentially overshadowing more meaningful outcomes further down the line.

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Person showing growth on a digital chart

Is Your Clinical Research Site Ready for Growth?

At a recent industry conference, the Quality Director of a rapidly expanding research site network approached our GCSA Site Certification stand to discuss a growing concern. Following an injection of external investment, their organization had scaled quickly through acquisition bringing multiple new independent sites into the network.

Read more

Hand reaching out with the word competence above

If Clinical Research Training Is Competence-Based, Where’s the Evidence of Competence?

Competence-based clinical research training has become a buzzword across education, corporate learning, and professional certification. The promise is compelling: instead of focusing on time spent in a classroom, learners advance by demonstrating real skills and measurable ability. In theory, competence, not attendance, becomes the currency. But this raises a critical question: if training is truly competence-based, where is the evidence of competence?

Read more

Lady wearing headscarf with a nurse

Rethinking Clinical Trial KPIs: From ‘First Participant, First Visit’ to Last ‘Participant, Last Visit’

In the clinical trials industry, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have long been dominated by the ‘First Participant, First Visit’ (FPFV) metric. Sponsors, CROs, and sites alike celebrate the speed at which a trial enrolls its first participant as a major milestone. While there’s no denying that FPFV represents momentum and is often a key financial milestone, there’s growing concern that overemphasis on this single point in time creates a narrow view of trial success, potentially overshadowing more meaningful outcomes further down the line.

Read more

Person showing growth on a digital chart

Is Your Clinical Research Site Ready for Growth?

At a recent industry conference, the Quality Director of a rapidly expanding research site network approached our GCSA Site Certification stand to discuss a growing concern. Following an injection of external investment, their organization had scaled quickly through acquisition bringing multiple new independent sites into the network.

Read more

Hand reaching out with the word competence above

If Clinical Research Training Is Competence-Based, Where’s the Evidence of Competence?

Competence-based clinical research training has become a buzzword across education, corporate learning, and professional certification. The promise is compelling: instead of focusing on time spent in a classroom, learners advance by demonstrating real skills and measurable ability. In theory, competence, not attendance, becomes the currency. But this raises a critical question: if training is truly competence-based, where is the evidence of competence?

Read more

Lady wearing headscarf with a nurse

Rethinking Clinical Trial KPIs: From ‘First Participant, First Visit’ to Last ‘Participant, Last Visit’

In the clinical trials industry, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have long been dominated by the ‘First Participant, First Visit’ (FPFV) metric. Sponsors, CROs, and sites alike celebrate the speed at which a trial enrolls its first participant as a major milestone. While there’s no denying that FPFV represents momentum and is often a key financial milestone, there’s growing concern that overemphasis on this single point in time creates a narrow view of trial success, potentially overshadowing more meaningful outcomes further down the line.

Read more