About Recertification
How do I get recertified?
What if I miss a monthly newsletter or a quiz?
How can I keep track of my quiz performance?
How often do I need to be recertified?
Who needs to be recertified?
What happens to those who do not get recertified?
How do I get recertified?
Each issue of the Clinical Research Times
will contain a Feature Article with content that we think all of our
clinical researchers should know. The articles will be written by a
member of our clinical research community or, occasionally, by an outside
guest author. Each article will typically take about 5-8 minutes to
read and will end with a four-question quiz. Researchers will register
for a personal, password-protected account by clicking on the “My
Account” button at the top of the Clinical Research Times front
page and following the registration instructions. When they answer
the quiz questions online, their quiz performance will be recorded
in their accounts. To be recertified, researchers must correctly answer
75% of the quiz questions for all quizzes offered between November,
2003 and March, 2005. The investigators will be notified before June
30, 2005 whether they have reached this recertification milestone. Top
What if I miss a monthly newsletter
or a quiz?
Whenever we publish a new issue of the Clinical Research Times, we
will send a reminder email. If you miss an issue and quiz, past articles
can be found in the Archives (see button above). You can go back when
your schedule permits and read past articles and take past quizzes
that you haven’t taken before. Top
How can I keep track of my
quiz performance?
Once you create an account (click on the “My Account” button
above), you can log into your account, review your performance on past
quizzes, and identify quizzes you have not yet taken. Top
How often do I need to be recertified?
Every two (2) years. The first recertification
deadline is June 30, 2005. If you were certified before 06/30/04, then
you need to complete this recertification by 06/30/05. If you were
certified after 07/01/04, then you need to complete this recertification
by 06/30/07. Top
Who needs to be recertified?
All clinical researchers who are involved
in the design of clinical studies, have face-to-face contact with
research subjects, collect their data, or are involved in statistical
analysis and results interpretation must be certified and recertified.
Examples include investigators, research coordinators and other study
staff, study statisticians, and data managers.
Note: Clinical personnel such as nurses or office
technicians who capture routine clinical measurements that are then
also used for
research purposes (e.g., routine blood pressure, body weight, and
other biometrics) do not need to be recertified. These functions
are not being performed strictly for research purposes, and, if this
is their only role, the personnel collecting them are not considered
part of the research team. Top
What happens to those who do
not get recertified?
Researchers who have not achieved these
recertification goals by June 30, 2005 cannot be named (either as
a Principal Investigator or other role) on any new IRB submissions
until they get recertified. Top
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