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I am interested in working in the field of clinical research. Please provide details of...

- Hari Satyanarayana, West Godavari
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I am interested in working in the field of clinical research. Please provide details of institutes that offer courses in clinical research and clinical data management.
Clinical research deals with evaluating the effectiveness of medical drugs, medical equipment, diagnostic procedures and treatments. It especially deals with tests, called clinical trials conducted to ensure that the medical drugs are safe and to observe their side effects.

Some institutes offering courses in clinical research include:
Institute of Clinical Research, India, Hyderabad offers M.Sc. Clinical Research. The eligibility criterion for the course is a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Bioscience/ Life Sciences (with any of Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, Biotech as subjects) with at least 50 per cent marks or bachelor’s or master’s degree with Chemistry as a subject with at least 50 per cent marks or bachelor’s or master’s degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences or medicine or bachelor’s or equivalent degree/diploma in Nursing. The admission procedure involves written examination and personal interview.
For details, log on to www.icriindia.com.  

Clinical research includes several activities like distributing the drug to medical practitioners, noting observations of the affects, preparing reports, analysing the reports and drawing conclusions. Based on your academic qualification and experience in the field, you will be responsible for handling one of these tasks.

After the course, you can seek employment in hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, diagnostic centres, medical equipment companies and the likewise.

Clinnovo, Hyderabad offers three- month training and six- months PG Diploma in Clinical Database Management. The eligibility criterion is graduation in Science stream.
For details, log on to www.clinnovo.com  

Darsan Clinica Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, Vengalrao Nagar offers customized training in various modules of Clinical Research and Clinical Data Management like GCP, GLP, GMP, Oracle Clinical 4.5.3 and Oracle TMS and SAS (9.1.3).
For details, log on to www.darsanclinica.com  

BioMed Informatics, Nampally offers Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Data Management. The eligibility criterion is graduation in relevant discipline.
For details, log on to https://biomedlifesciences.com  

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