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CRC 260IN - Lab Skills and Professional Practice


3 Credits, 5 Contact Hours (2 lec., 3 lab)

Clinical skills training to prepare for clinical research coordinator internship, with emphasis on applying clinical research project coordination concepts and practices in a simulated research setting. Includes research subject communication techniques, medical history review, adverse events, vital signs, EKG procedures, blood collection and specimen processing, storage and shipping. Also includes application of clinical research project coordination practices related to a protocol; research and medical terminology; recruitment, enrollment and retention practices; informed consent; detection of errors within study reports and casework; documentation of medications, adverse events and serious adverse events; review of study subject’s file data for completeness and accuracy; and regulatory and legal mandates related to clinical trials.

Prerequisite(s): CRC 240  and CRC 250IN .