Clinical research and related courses- an evergreen stream
Posted by dunitzsantrino on September 30th, 2014
Gone past are the days, when students had limited options to choose their career. In today’s techno- savvy world you can find numerous platforms, millions of streams to choose your career path. Among the many, medicine and healthcare are evergreen and never ending branches. India, has one of the largest population amongst countries of the world and the scope for practising medicine and clinical trials is thus extensive here.
There are lots of requirements here in the realm of healthcare and experiments that need to be done in this field to get cures for various ailments. Thus there is a great need for clinical trials and research here given the immense resources at disposal. In order to discover, assist, verify clinically, evaluate with the objects of safety and efficacy you need clinical trial practices and clinical data management training. To fill all these gaps, many academic institutions offer excellent clinical research courses in different streams with a variety of certifications. Below are the few clinical research courses:-
•MSC clinical research
•PG Diploma in clinical research and clinical data management
•PG diploma in clinical trial management
•Advance diploma in clinical research management
•Advance diploma in clinical data management and many more
All these courses are available as per your convenience, you can choose for full time, part time or distance education courses. An excellent team of expert staff provides you knowledge in all the subjects with their informative sessions. Along with this, many industrial experts participate in these programs and conduct various sessions to widen the exposure and knowledge of participating students.
Overview of MSC clinical research
Candidates interested in applying for MSC clinical research should have a bachelor degree in any life science and medical related courses (Biotechnology, Pharma, nursing). With a total of 4 semesters, this course is demanding and requires its students to present at least three papers during each semester. Apart from this you will be having seminars, viva voice, lab, written test and exams, individual project, group projects etc. Projects will be carried out in a CRO or Pharma Company or clinical trial site. So the institute will train the students completely with real end experiences that become a major plus in their careers later on.
Overview of Clinical Data Management Training
Interested candidates should have a degree in any of the life science stream (dental, medicine, bio technology). Three months of clinical data management training consists of 6 subjects - clinical, ethics, clinical trial, Data and Quality Management, viva voice etc. When you undergo job oriented clinical data management training, there will be options awaiting you in various Clinical Research Organizations.
