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Academics
CREMA Introduces 2 New Courses
There is plenty of demand for well qualified and professionally
trained clinical research professionals
Clinical Research Education & Management Academy (CREMA) is all set to
introduce a new course 'Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research & Regulatory
Affairs (PGDCRRA)', after receiving the overwhelming responses for the other
CR courses offered by CREMA.
Based on special requests from MBBS graduates, CREMA is also
starting a six months clinical research course, exclusively dedicated to these
graduates titled Post Graduate Diploma in Drug Development (PGDDD) with classes
only on Sundays. This course will have dedicated modules on regulatory affairs,
a crucial aspect of clinical research, Medical Reporting, Pharmacovigilance
and Clinical Research. The part-time PGDCRRA & PGDDD courses will begin
by mid-November, for which the admissions have already begun.
The CREMA campus in Hyderabad |
CREMA has partnered with Indian School of Integrated Learning
(ISIL) to train its clinical research students on the usage of communication
skills in the industry. ISIL, a Mumbai-based finishing school, has tied up with
UK-based soft-skills training provider - Speak First to impart `Gen-Next corporate
training' to Indian students and professionals. ISIL will seek expertise from
Speak First on effective communication, presentation skills, personal impact
training, media skills, interviewing techniques, cultural awareness and many
more soft skills solutions, which have become essential in today's business
needs.
"This will be the first time when CREMA has launched PGDDD, a special course
focused on medical graduates (MBBS). The interest from medical graduates has
doubled in the present batch compared to previous batches. There is plenty of
demand for well qualified and professionally trained clinical research professionals.
The remuneration is also substantial" said Vijay Moza, Chairman, CREMA.
Said Dr SM Sapatnekar, Dean, CREMA, "The industry's constant concern about
a lack of management and communication skills among a majority of clinical research
professionals has been instrumental towards integrating a significant management
and soft skills training among our students. We give special emphasis towards
verbal, interpersonal and electronic communications."
Said Dr Deven Parmar, Vice President- Clinical Research, Wockhardt, "Communication
and soft management skills are essential for growth in the clinical research
industry, as there is lot of communication and decision making involved with
the patients, with your team, with the medical fraternity and industry. A lack
of quality in communication and management skills might affect the quality of
research, which may hamper the flow of more clinical research projects to India.
These kind of specialized clinical research courses are the need of the hour
for the industry"
The clinical research curricula offered by CREMA are in collaboration
with the UK-based William Harvey Research Ltd, a reputed pharmacological research
institution set up by Nobel Laureate Sir John Vane.
EH News Bureau
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