Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis?
Abstract Clinical trial managers play a vital role in the design and conduct of clinical trials in the UK. There is a current recruitment and retention crisis for this specialist role due to a complex set of factors, most likely to have come to a head due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Academic clinical...
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| author | E. J. Mitchell K. Goodman N. Wakefield C. Cochran S. Cockayne S. Connolly R. Desai S. Hartley S. A. Lawton K. Oatey S. Rhodes J. S. Savage J. Taylor N. F. J. Youssouf on behalf of the UK Trial Managers’ Network |
| author_facet | E. J. Mitchell K. Goodman N. Wakefield C. Cochran S. Cockayne S. Connolly R. Desai S. Hartley S. A. Lawton K. Oatey S. Rhodes J. S. Savage J. Taylor N. F. J. Youssouf on behalf of the UK Trial Managers’ Network |
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| description | Abstract Clinical trial managers play a vital role in the design and conduct of clinical trials in the UK. There is a current recruitment and retention crisis for this specialist role due to a complex set of factors, most likely to have come to a head due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Academic clinical trial units and departments are struggling to recruit trial managers to vacant positions, and multiple influences are affecting the retention of this highly skilled workforce. Without tackling this issue, we face major challenges in the delivery on the Department of Health and Social Care’s Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery implementation plan. This article, led by a leading network of and for UK Trial Managers, presents some of the issues and ways in which national stakeholders may be able to address this. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd24f7b9ca114de7b2e4c9ec7be052d82022-12-22T03:03:49ZengBMCTrials1745-62152022-04-012311410.1186/s13063-022-06315-8Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis?E. J. Mitchell0K. Goodman1N. Wakefield2C. Cochran3S. Cockayne4S. Connolly5R. Desai6S. Hartley7S. A. Lawton8K. Oatey9S. Rhodes10J. S. Savage11J. Taylor12N. F. J. Youssouf13on behalf of the UK Trial Managers’ NetworkNottingham Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine, University of NottinghamNMAHP Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian UniversityNottingham Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine, University of NottinghamCentre for Healthcare and Randomised Controlled Trials (CHaRT), Health Services Research Unit, University of AberdeenYork Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of YorkRoyal Marsden Clinical Trials Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustKing’s Ophthalmology Research Unit, King’s College HospitalClinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of LeedsKeele Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Keele UniversityEdinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of EdinburghExeter Clinical Trials Unit, University of ExeterCancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of BirminghamBristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, Bristol Trials Centre, University of BristolClinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineAbstract Clinical trial managers play a vital role in the design and conduct of clinical trials in the UK. There is a current recruitment and retention crisis for this specialist role due to a complex set of factors, most likely to have come to a head due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Academic clinical trial units and departments are struggling to recruit trial managers to vacant positions, and multiple influences are affecting the retention of this highly skilled workforce. Without tackling this issue, we face major challenges in the delivery on the Department of Health and Social Care’s Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery implementation plan. This article, led by a leading network of and for UK Trial Managers, presents some of the issues and ways in which national stakeholders may be able to address this.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06315-8 |
| spellingShingle | E. J. Mitchell K. Goodman N. Wakefield C. Cochran S. Cockayne S. Connolly R. Desai S. Hartley S. A. Lawton K. Oatey S. Rhodes J. S. Savage J. Taylor N. F. J. Youssouf on behalf of the UK Trial Managers’ Network Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis? Trials |
| title | Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis? |
| title_full | Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis? |
| title_fullStr | Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis? |
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| title_short | Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis? |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06315-8 |
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