DCN INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH FALL 2025

November 10, 2025 to November 11, 2025

The course is designed to provide education focused on the history and purpose of clinical trials and applicable regulations, to provide education and discussion on the roles of the healthcare team in clinical research and to assist in the understanding of the processes related to best practices, financial components and monitoring of clinical trials. The course is appropriate for healthcare professionals new to clinical research and for those wanting are fresher of basic concepts or an update on best practices. Content will be delivered using both live virtual sessions and pre-recorded presentations viewed live as a group and discussed.  

This is a private course; this course is not taking additional attendees.

Target Audience

  • Allied Health Professionals
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Pharmacists

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the history and purpose of clinical trials
  2. Describe important ethical and regulatory aspects of conducting research and the relationship to informed consent requirements
  3. Discuss the role of the investigator, the institution, and the need for standard operating procedure when engaged in human subjects research.
  4. Describe best practices in investigational agent and device management.
  5. Discuss financial components of clinical trials and compliant research billing.
  6. Discuss eligibility, patient safety and practical issues of conducting clinical trials in oncology and cardiology outpatient settings and describe data management requirements for clinical trials.
  7. Describe the various types of audits and monitoring visits, how to prepare for an announced visit, and how to respond to a request for an audit from the federal government.
  8. Discuss practical issues in regulatory compliance and current regulations that guide clinical trials as well as issues related to cooperative group research (ie: NCI sponsored).
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 13.50 ACPE - Pharmacist
  • 13.50 ACPE - Pharmacy Technician
  • 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 13.50 ANCC
  • 13.50 Attendance
  • 1.40 IACET CEU
  • 13.50 JA Credit - AH
    • 13.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Registration Opens: 
11/11/2025
Registration Expires: 
11/10/2026
Activity Starts: 
11/10/2025 - 8:45am EST
Activity Ends: 
11/11/2025 - 4:50pm EST
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Lynda Owen

Suzanne Sharland-Hemmila

Soren Evers

Cassie Myers

Catrin Davies

Maria Fochesato

Erica Gray

Bettina Lampkin

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • ACPE - Pharmacy Technician
  • ACPE - Pharmacist
  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • ANCC
  • Attendance
  • JA Credit - AH
  • IACET

 

Available Credit

  • 13.50 ACPE - Pharmacist
  • 13.50 ACPE - Pharmacy Technician
  • 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 13.50 ANCC
  • 13.50 Attendance
  • 1.40 IACET CEU
  • 13.50 JA Credit - AH
    • 13.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
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