Class description

This is a series of classes sponsored by the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI).  The classes are designed for OHSU employees who are working as research coordinators. 

The intent of the program is to provide in depth education through lecture, examples, and exercises on clinical research coordinator activities. The overall objective of the OCTRI Study Coordinator Training Series is to increase working knowledge of conducting clinical research at OHSU.

The Analyzing and Implementing a Research Protocol class helps coordinators improve their skills for reading and implementing research protocols.  The class includes an exercise involving reading a research protocol, identifying research activities, and reviewing required OHSU systems and forms.

At the end of the class students should know:

• The difference between a protocol and a grant
• Difference between investigator initiated and industry sponsored trial protocols
• How to identify key information in a protocol and where to find important information that may not be included in the protocol
• Determining study feasibility
• Practical considerations for implementing a protocol (who, what, where, when, how, and why)
• OHSU policies and procedures relating to study implementation