#researchcoordinator

🌟 Working With Physicians as a Clinical Research Coordinator 🌟

Building a strong partnership with physicians is essential for clinical trial success! 🤝 Here's how you can elevate your collaboration game:

1️⃣ Bridge the Gap: Align goals between physicians and trial requirements.

2️⃣ Anticipate Needs: Stay ahead with trial updates and documents.

3️⃣ Communicate Effectively: Keep updates concise and actionable. 📈

4️⃣ Streamline Approvals: Ensure smooth sign-offs from physicians. ✔️

5️⃣ Patient Safety First: Always collaborate on safety assessments. 🩺

🌐 Visit: ccrps.org

🔍 What Clinical Research Coordinators Do Behind the Scenes 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬

Clinical Research Coordinators (CRCs) play a crucial role in ensuring clinical trials run smoothly, yet their work often goes unnoticed. Here’s a quick peek behind the curtain:

1. Patient Enrollment & Communication 📝 CRCs ensure participants meet eligibility requirements and explain study details, ensuring informed consent.

2. Data Collection & Management 📊 They gather and track data to ensure accuracy, and help maintain compliance with study protocols.

3. Monitoring Protocols 📅 CRCs ensure all trial activities are performed on time and within regulatory guidelines, minimizing risks.

4. Collaboration with Research Teams 🤝 They liaise between sponsors, investigators, and participants to streamline communication and resolve issues quickly.

Kingston Madumelu is a clinical research associate who is skilled at leading site evaluations, initiations, and closeouts. In addition to this, he boasts experience in phase I, II, and III clinical trials. This versatility means that Kingston Madumelu is a true asset to any workforce that he joins in the future.

Closing the door behind me at the lab tomorrow afternoon will mark the one month point in my journey as a full-time research coordinator. To catch those of you up that haven't read my previous blog posts, I recently started working as a research coordinator for two Anxiety labs in Toronto. The labs are working collaboratively on a 5-year clinical trial. Previously, each lab has had a separate full-time research coordinator. This year, as the trial winds down, I am taking over both of their positions, providing the administrative backing for both labs. Long story short: 2 labs, 1 Kirstyn. 

I was thrown into the deep end at work this week, figuratively speaking of course. You know that sensation you experience when your body, heated from the sun's rays, hits the frigid cold of a lake? And how much more sensational the experience is when someone picks you up and throws you in the water against your will.

Love-hate am I right? In some ways, the refreshing water is exactly what you need after sun-bathing. And yet, you inevitably lose your breath for a second as your body temperature readjusts to accustom itself to the difference between water and air. 

That was work this week. Kate and Susan (the research coordinators that came before me) have officially worked their last days, and Monday marked the first day where I was officially on my own. Training was over. It was time to make the job my own. Time to do what I know how to do, and figure out how to do what I don't. And fast. 

Just like jumping into the lake, it's been a refreshing week. I'm excited about the year. The job keeps me on my toes, and I've learned a million things already. Yet, in the midst of excitement, I can't say that the week has been stress free. Last minute cancellations. Coordinating and hiring volunteers. Late evenings. Early mornings. Lists of things I need to do for other people. On top of all that, realizing that I will be taking on applications to grad school, and other work-related tasks. It can be overwhelming. 

Overall, I feel motivated to take on the challenge. Ready to swim rather than sink.