Clinical Research Internship Program
This internship is an unpaid position for 3 Months and Paid for 6 /12 Months and is targeted at recently graduated students who are building their experience and exposure to Clinical Research and interventions. Candidates will have access to Internship programmes at the MedTrial Solution Sites during the course of their internship.Â
The Clinical Research Internship is a unique opportunity for students to directly participate in the performance of clinical research, such as enrolling patients in study programs, while also observing overall departments, operations and interacting with physicians, nurses and other health care personnel.
Our Mission and Goal
The program's mission is to conduct innovative and practice-changing science while supporting and training a diverse group of clinician-scientists dedicated to improving patient care. Our program goals are to provide a clinical research educational experience for Pharma and Life Science Students, hands-on training to gain research-related skills, and exposure.
Research Intern Program Requirements
• Must be Life Science, Pharma, students
• Commit 12-hour shift per week
Upon completion of this internship, successful candidates will receive
• A certificate of completion (for > 80% attendance)
Clinical Research Intern Responsibilities and learning opportunities
- Attend study-related training sessions held by Clinical Research Coordinators (CRC) throughout the course of the internship.
- Master the processes of properly obtaining informed consent and practicing good clinical practice (GCP) in an acute care setting.
- Develop proficiency in clinical research activities, such as screening, pre-consenting, and enrolling eligible patients with a CRC mentor.
- Increase understanding of the principals of compliance, patient confidentiality, and other ethical obligations involved with conducting clinical research.
- Interact with Principal Investigators (PIs) and other departments by attending program-exclusive lectures, health fairs, trainings, workshops, etc.
- Interact and observe patient care with clinical staff.
- Preparation of research materials (i.e., consent forms, intervention activities, Logs etc.)
- Assisting with financial reconciliation of participant reimbursementsÂ
- Management of bio-marker specimens ( PK /PD samples, dried blood spots etc.)
- Assist with participant retention and tracking
- Assist clinical investigator and research team in the performance of clinical research and related activities following the sponsor protocol, IRB regulations.
- Ethics Committee Submission, Notifications
- Collect and enter data into source documents.
- Use an electronic data collection portal to enter research data to sponsor(s).
- Learn phlebotomy and how to process serum samples.
- Create and maintain case report forms (CRF).
- Learn Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protocols and regulations. Phase Studies
- Conduct site visits to research offices located at primary care facilities in the Medtrials Solution Sites
- Assisting with day-to-day activities at sites
- Participating in clinical supervision of interventionists and research staff
- Reporting AE /SAE to regulatory.