Clinical Project Management
Course Description
This is a 2-day course designed to introduce the ins and outs of managing clinical research projects. Major topics of this course are how to plan, identify all risks, manage all finances, implement control and close clinical research projects whilst meeting all regulatory and quality requirements in time and on budget. Several components of successful project management such as interaction between project activities and key decisions will also be highlighted.
Learning Objectives
- To know the fundamentals of clinical research projects
- To understand the theory and application of key issues in design, management and closure of clinical research projects
Programme*
- What are the fundamentals of Project Management?
- What’s a Project?
- What are the Project Management Methodologies?
- The Project Manager (skills, techniques)
- The Project Environment (regulations, guidelines, SOPs)
- Clinical Trial life cycle, an overview
- The definition and initiation of a Trial (scope, feasibility, charter)
- The planning of the Trial (project plan, milestones, schedules, charts, risk management, contracts)
- The Project Manager (negotiation, delegation, dealing with clients, quality)
- The execution of the Trial (monitoring and controlling, reporting, dealing with changes, team management)
- The closure of the Trial (archiving, evaluation, project failure reasons)
- The Project Budget (budget sheets, budget control)
Workshops: Charts, milestones, schedules, forecasting, manpower calculations, budget control…
Templates are provided at each step in the course providing a good basis to start managing a project
Who should attend?
Senior CRAs who want to set new goals for their career as clinical research project team leaders.
Trainer: Mr Peter Conrath
(*) Due to unforeseen circumstances, the programme may change and the ECCRT reserves the right to alter the venue or cancel the event.
