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Study Start Up Specialist

Content: Medicines Development Process, Good Clinical Practice, Regulatory Environment in the EU and USA, Clinical Trial Design & Clinical Research Roles and Responsibilities, Start Up and core submission documents, Country level documents for submission, VHP process and timeliness, EudraCT, IP release document requirements, …

Learning: 80-100 hours online and self-paced, 9 Modules, Final Exam

Certificates: GCP, VIARES

Prerequisites: ideally life science education and first work experience

Payment: Pay in 12 monthly installments or save with our optional 1-time payment.

It’s Not Just A Course

It’s A Self-Paced Online Setup

Our setup enables you to complete this program either next to a full-time job or in a focused effort. 100% of the program is online and most of the training courses can be completed at any time.

Get Certified & Job Ready

On successful completion of this program, you will be certified and will have acquired knowledge, skills and competencies to start at an entry level role as Study Start Up Specialist or similar.

The Get Cognitio Study Start Up Specialist program is more than just a training. It’s a life-changer!

The Training includes access to all Academy Services, and an industry recognized professional certification.

Modules including:

  • e-learnings
  • assignments
  • knowledge checks
  • Get Cognitio Certificate
  • GCP Certification 
  • Set clear goals
  • Get properly trained
  • CV, CV, CV
  • Ace Your Interview
  • Negotiate
  • Weekly New Global Jobs
  • Skip the Application Line
  • Join Career Events

Course Program

The Study Start Up Specialist program consists of nine modules. You will complete the following learning activities:

  • Review the e-learning
  • Submit the assignment
  • Take the module test
  • Take the final exam

9 Modules – 100 Learning Hours – 3 Certificates.

Successfully complete the 9 competency modules below to obtain your Get Cognitio Certificate.

  • Background of medicines development
  • Research and discovery stage & product development
  • Clinical development
  • Regulatory submission, Health Technology Assessment, lifecycle management
  • ICH GCP and other applicable regulations
  • Applicable international and national regulations
  • ICH GCP E6 (R2)
  • FDA Regulation
  • Quality Assurance: Audits and Inspections
  • The Study Protocol
    • Elements of a Study Protocol according to ICH GCP
    • Trial Design
    • Methodologies
  • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Ethics Committees
    • Sponsor / Monitor
    • Investigator
    • Competent Authority
  • SSU structure, responsibilities and involvement in project life-cycle
  • Main groups of core study submission documents
  • Core documents required for submissions
  • Documents development responsibilities
  • Core submission package
  • Critical path for efficient start up
  • Country level documents for submission
  • Country documents development responsibilities
  • Country adaptations
  • ICFs / Assents requirements, adaptation and GDPR
  • Labels
  • Translation requirements
  • Site level documents
  • Country submission packages
  • VHP process and timeliness
  • VHP submission process vs. regular country submission process – differences
  • VHP advantages and disadvantages
  • VHP PLUS
  • Upcoming regulations
  • Protocol Amendments in VHP
  • Main regulatory bodies and their responsibilities
  • Submission strategies and dependencies (main groups on diagrams)
  • Submissions and approval timelines
  • Comments, conditional approvals, rejections
  • EudraCT study registry
  • EudraCT GMP database
  • EudraCT Annex 1
  • EudraCT Annex 2
  • EoT notification form
  • Upcoming EU regulation
  • IP release package compilation – responsibilities and timelines
  • Documents required for IP release
  • FDA requirements vs. EU regulations
  • IP release checklist
  • FDA filing

Start today

You can start the training right away and complete it at your own pace. This training contains 100 hours of online material.

You do not need to wait for a kick-off date, you can start your training anytime  – as early as today if you wish.

Our Expert Instructors

Vince W
CRA Instructor

Cynthia L
CRA Instructor

Jessie C
CRA Instructor

Lauren M
CRA Instructor

Who should attend

This program will be of benefit to anyone with a life science degree and first relevant work experience, ideally but not necessary in clinical research or related areas.

Is this academy right for me? We are happy to help you make the right decision.

Email us at info@getcognitio.com and we will contact you.

Course fees

The fee includes:

  • Registration fee
  • All online-training course material, 100% online available in our learning management system
  • Module check points (mini-exams during the training to test your knowledge)
  • End-term exam
  • Get Cognitio and GCP certificates upon successful completion of the end-term exam

plus exclusive Get Cognitio benefits:

  • Get automatically accepted as Ambassadors and earn cash
  • Join career events at no cost
  • Free access to our weekly updated global job list
  • Apply to exclusive job offers
  • Get your personal career coaching

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