PRAXIS Australia has used the Harmonized Core Competency Framework to create flexible learning opportunities for the Australian research sector.

PRAXIS Australia Ltd (PRAXIS) is an Australian not for profit/charity organisation, founded by two of Australia’s leading academic institutions, University of Sydney and Monash University (via another NGO, Global Reconciliation Ltd), and the largest provider of independent ethics review in Australia, Bellberry Limited. Their mission is to enhance the understanding and practice of ethical research for the benefit of the broader community, via the provision of various training options, underpinned by two flagship training models – HREC Essentials and Research Essentials.

The first academic programs in Clinical Research were developed in the late 1990s. Those early programs were successful in providing a pipeline of new, highly qualified graduates to the clinical research enterprise. With the increasing number and complexity of clinical trials and the severe shortage of qualified new clinical research professionals, these graduates continue to be highly sought after today.

Clinical Research has thus become a recognized academic discipline, and there are more than 50 academic programs in the US and more than 50 in other parts of the world.