Are you bored of being in the same job profile? Do you feel your work is not appreciated and you are underpaid and are looking for a change? Are you one among the thousands who lost their job, thanks to the Coronavirus hit recession? Are you a fresh graduate like a B.SC or B. Pharm and pondering over what to do next; juggling between looking out for a job and opting for a post-graduation?
If the answer to the questions is YES then pull up your socks and get ready to go on a journey. This lockdown or ‘restricted movement’ time can be utilized to enhance or broaden your knowledge. As many of us are working from our homes we can make diligent use of the hours that we usually waste in traffic jams by learning new courses and upskilling ourselves. There is no age limit or qualification limit to master a trade. Learning never stops.
Many universities and institutes around the globe are providing online courses so that students can take classes from anywhere, anytime. One such course is Online Clinical Research Courses. Never heard about this course? Let us throw some light on this. Clinical research is an arm of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness (efficacy) of drugs, medical devices and diagnostic products intended for human use. This may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease resulting in the development of new therapies, vaccines or diagnostic procedures.
Clinical research comprises of:
- Clinical data management
- Medical coding
- Quality assurance
- Regulatory affairs
- Pharmacovigilance.
All life science and health science graduates like B.Sc., B.Tech (Biotechnology) B.Pharm, BDS, MBBS, BHMS, BAMS, and B.V.Sc are eligible for this course and will find clinical research interesting as it gives you a chance to make a difference in the healthcare world and an impact on human life.
Going down memory lane, let us recall our good old school days when we conducted many experiments to understand ‘science’. For example, a simple experiment to determine the hardness of water is that there is less lather formation when soap is used with hard water when compared to soft water. Another one is the Water test to find out whether the egg is rotten or not. The egg that floats is rotten and the one that sinks and lies horizontally is fresh!! Wow, a simply technique to save our tummies from disaster. Differences in densities can be explained by taking a glass of water and mixing a teaspoon of oil in it. They do not mix as oil is less dense than water and so it floats on top of water. This helped us to visualize what the textbook said and understand science in a practical way.
In clinical research, trials or experiments are conducted to find out if a new drug/medicine is safe and efficient or if is more effective and/or has less harmful side effects than the standard treatment for human consumption.
The media is flooded with news of treatments and vaccines for coronavirus being developed by different pharmaceuticals. From news reporters to the common public, everybody has an opinion on coronavirus and the treatment regime. Owing to the large-scale publicity the virus received, words like Phase I, II, III are familiar. These are the different phases a vaccine has to go through, before it reaches us. Pre- clinical testing and clinical trials are done under stringent laws to bring out a safe and effective vaccine. A vaccine that all of us are waiting with bated breath.
A plethora of courses like eLearning clinical data management course and pharmacovigilance course online, advanced diploma in clinical research, medical coding certification course, post graduate diploma in clinical research, etc. are provided by various universities and educational institutes across the globe. Students can choose between short term and long term Online Clinical Research Training programs ranging from three months- one year. Aspiring students can choose between a degree, diploma, post- graduate diploma and certification course. Individual courses like specialization in Clinical data management, Pharmacovigilance, Medical coding or Regulatory affairs are also available to cater to the need of each student.
Clinical Data Management Course Online involves collecting reliable, accurate and statistically sound data and managing this data using standard formats. This is handled by a clinical data coordinator.
Pharmacovigilance Course Online is connected to drug safety. It involves detection, collection, analyzing, reporting of adverse effects of drugs and ensuring that the drugs marketed are safe and effective. This is a highly lucrative option for health care graduates.
Avigna Clinical Research Institute (ACRI), the best online training centre in India provides online tutoring where recorded sessions are given along with live classes. This helps students to view the classes multiple number of times and understand the topic better. Avigna Clinical Research Institute, with its Clinical Research Training Program Online has gone one step further and is tied up with Eduvanz, a financial company to aid students to pay their fees with zero cost EMI in this time of crisis. Scholarships are provided for deserving students. Online courses maintain the same academic requirements as required by the clinical research industry.
ACRI with its unmatched experience in training more than 1,200 students has an industry specific curriculum designed to cater to the right students. Our online clinical research trainings are conducted on a regular basis where the tutors interact on a one to one basis with students for effective flow of knowledge and better comprehension of the training. We offer PGDCR- Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Research where we cover all the different realms of clinical research in a three-month capsule program, post which our student is job ready. Keeping in mind the demands of the industry, we also provide personality development classes and mock interviews as part of our training program. Internships for freshers and job assistance is an added feature. If your stars are in the right places, you could be a part of the team bringing out the COVID-19 vaccine! Clinical research is a recession-free industry offering a handsome package and has tremendous scope for growth. Some clinical research organizations (CROs) like PPD and IQVIA offer work from home options too.
Understanding the tight schedule of some students, we have adopted an app-based learning platform where we do away with the traditional monotonous boring textbooks and embrace voice- over learning with colorful animated images and an element of fun. This is not a time bound learning but in fact, a systematic and relaxed one.
In the ever evolving and recession proof industry of pharma, clinical research is a trending field and Avigna Clinical Research Institute (ACRI) is the stalwart, at par with the industry requirements.
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