07 Dec Championing a resilient academic medical center workforce

By Denise Snyder, Duke University School of Medicine via The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)

Academic medical centers face multiple hurdles to attracting a well-trained workforce of clinical research professionals, with a lack of competency-based job descriptions and standardization across and within institutions. These stand in the way of successful recruitment, onboarding, and retention.

“Barriers to supporting clinical research professionals relate to foundational onboarding, logistical challenges, institutional champions, and mentorship,” says Denise Snyder, MS, RD, Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Duke University School of Medicine. “These challenges were identified from an analysis of qualitative data from a series of breakout sessions and open-text surveys. All can cause frustration among new recruits due to the lack of an initial roadmap as they start their new role.” Read more …