{"id":1163,"date":"2020-02-07T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T15:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrctcenter.org\/clinical-trial-competency\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2020-02-07T10:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T15:57:39","slug":"academic-program-accreditation-an-important-criterion-for-quality-in-the-preparation-of-tomorrows-clinical-research-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrctcenter.org\/clinical-trial-competency\/academic-program-accreditation-an-important-criterion-for-quality-in-the-preparation-of-tomorrows-clinical-research-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Program Accreditation: An Important Criterion for Quality in the Preparation of Tomorrow\u2019s Clinical Research Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is widely agreed upon that there has been a significant increase in both the number and the complexity of clinical trials during the past decade.\u00a0 The global clinical trial service market is predicted to reach $64B in 2020 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerwatch.com\/articles\/14091\" class=\"broken_link\">Centerwatch, 2017<\/a>).\u00a0 The demand for clinical research professionals already exceeds the supply and the pressure to grow the clinical research workforce will undoubtedly increase. The majority of the current workforce has been trained \u201con the job\u201d and very few enter the clinical research profession as a direct result of academic education or knowledge of the field.\u00a0 \u00a0<!--more-->Academic institutions in the US and internationally have recognized these growing personnel needs.\u00a0 Today there are over 100 academic programs that offer degrees and certificates to physician investigators, clinical research coordinators, clinical trial monitors, regulatory affairs professionals, clinical data management professionals and clinical project managers.\u00a0 Clinical research has become a recognized academic discipline, and professional organizations have developed to provide a forum for clinical research educators through publication, seminars, and meetings and to provide expertise to governmental agencies that regulate the profession.\u00a0 Among those organizations are the<a href=\"https:\/\/coapcr.org\/\"> Consortium of Academic Programs in Clinical Research<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agreglobal.org\/\">Association of Graduate Regulatory Educators<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmatrain.eu\/\">Pharmatrain Federation<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/tghn.org\/\">the Global Health Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the number of academic programs increased, it became necessary to define and standardize the content of these programs. \u00a0The framework of clinical research core competencies\u00a0 defined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/mrctcenter.org\/clinical-trial-competency\/\">Joint Taskforce for Clinical Trial Competency<\/a> (JTF); \u00a0has been widely\u2014and globally\u2014accepted by the research enterprise.\u00a0 In 2017, the JTF framework was adopted as the Standard for academic program curricular content by the newly formed <a href=\"https:\/\/caahep-public-site-5be3d9.webflow.io\/committees-on-accreditation\/clinical-research-professional\">Committee on Accreditation of Academic Programs in Clinical Research<\/a> (CAAPCR).\u00a0 CAAPCR is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/caahep-public-site-5be3d9.webflow.io\/committees-on-accreditation\/clinical-research-professional\">Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs<\/a> (CAAHEP), the largest international accrediting agency of allied health academic programs.\u00a0 The accreditation process requires that an institution produce a detailed self-study that documents that the program meets the required Standards. Representatives of CAAPCR then conduct a site visit to validate the content of the self-study and further assess the program. Thereafter, the Board of Directors of both CAAPCR and CAAHEP review and approve accreditation of the program. The first two academic institutions which have been formally accredited by CAAHEP are <a href=\"https:\/\/asuonline.asu.edu\/online-degree-programs\/graduate\/master-science-clinical-research-management\/\">Arizona State University<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/durhamtech.edu\/academic-programs\/clinical-trials-research-associate\">Durham Technical Community College<\/a>.\u00a0 There are 5 additional academic institutions which have requested accreditation services and are in the process of completing self-studies.\u00a0 As the profession of clinical research continues to mature, formal academic program accreditation is becoming an important criterion for quality in the preparation of tomorrow\u2019s workforce.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is widely agreed upon that there has been a significant increase in both the number and the complexity of clinical trials during the past decade.\u00a0 The global clinical trial service market is predicted to reach $64B in 2020 (Centerwatch, 2017).\u00a0 The demand for clinical research professionals already exceeds the supply and the pressure to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - 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