hey guys Serg here how can study
coordinators break into a CRO
hey guys easy aarrg out here back with
another video today we're gonna be
talking about how study coordinators can
break into a CRO a lot of people are
interested in moving up the ladder there
to a CRO particularly because there are
a lot more opportunities in a CRO then
typically at a site you can do a lot of
different jobs you can go into
regulatory you can be a CRA or a CMA or
in-house CRA or you can even go to the
project management side now we're going
to talk about the easiest pathways for
study coordinator to get into a CRO and
well there's not really super hard ways
but everyone has got to get their foot
in the door somehow and we're going to
talk about some of the easiest pathways
so one of the easiest ways for study
coordinator to get into a CRO is
obviously to either be an in-house CRA
or a CRE
probably in how CRA being the easiest
depending on the market now right now in
2018 it kind of seems like in how CRA
are in demand see Ras are always in
demand but typically you're gonna have
to get into a training program unless
you're a really really experienced study
coordinator like five six maybe even
eight or nine years of being a study
coordinator and you can go directly into
CRA but usually they like to train you
first
so in 2017 if you recall a lot of CEOs
had programs to train people that were
study coordinators even some sponsors
like Merck at a program and I remember
specifically they wanted study
coordinators with maybe one to two years
of experience they were looking for
anybody else they didn't want no
in-house CRA they didn't want a CTA they
didn't want a project coordinator they
wanted study coordinators so when the
market goes through something like that
that's your chance to to jump on it and
if I were you if I was study coordinator
I'd go to be a CRA because they treat
you like royalty there and then it's a
lot easier for you to jump to other
areas of the business because see arrays
are making the CEOs most of the money
that's where the money comes in and so
as a rule of thumb if you're where the
money is you're gonna be treated very
well and see arrays are always treated
very well in the CRO because they're
making most of the money that's how they
make their money is by monitoring so if
I were you if I was a study coordinator
and you're given the opportunity to go
to a CRO and be a CRA I would jump on it
even if you're not interested long-term
and being a CRA because it's gonna be
easier for you to deploy that background
and other aspects it's easy they make
CRA s project managers all the time all
the time you can be a CRA to maybe a
senior CRA and they'll they'll jump you
over to project management without
hesitation that's that's just how it is
but if you're coming up from the bottom
trying to be a project manager it can be
a lot harder than if you're a CRA that's
just how it is they treat CRA s really
really well and there's a lot of clout
with being a CRA too because they want
to make sure that they keep you around
at the company if your CRA so that's
probably the best option and even if
you're not interested in being a CRA
long-term you can use that to go to
exactly where you want to be whether
regulatory data management statistics I
mean you name it any part of the company
advertising business development you
name it I would get your foot in the
door being a CRA if your study
coordinator now some other options you
have is especially with the new G CPE
6r2 regulations is there's gonna be an
increase in the number of in-house CRA s
and we're already seeing it we've got
companies like semi OHS Health hiring a
bunch of in-house e Ras you've got even
companies like quintiles or IQ via who's
bringing back the in-house CRA position
that they did away with so you've got a
lot of companies that are gonna be
focusing on in-house CRA that's gonna be
a good one for you to get your foot in
the door if you're a study coordinator
because you working with these you're
working with these people on a day-in
and day-out basis more so than in-house
CRA than the CRA even though the CRA
goes on site but they're typically busy
monitoring so who do you only talk to
in how CRA because they have
availability so that's a very easy jump
for you to make because you've got
experience working with them already and
they're gonna make do that no problem
but the CRA is a better jump because
you're gonna make more money as a CRA
and they're probably gonna keep your
salary the same wherever you go so if
you go to a project manager project
manager level one you're probably gonna
make more money as a CRA so they're
gonna keep your salary the same if you
go in how CRA you're not gonna be paid
as much as a CRA so it's better to go to
a CRA then an in-house CRA and then
you're gonna keep your salary the same
so CRA is by far and away the best
option for you to get in if you can and
it depends on the market right now the
market is good for in-house CRA s so if
you want to make that jump go ahead and
make that jump to being an in-house CRA
that's not a bad option as well and then
so those are the best two options for
study coordinators particularly because
they work with them day in and day out
and those are it's very easy to convince
a court uh CRO to hire you if you are a
study coordinator and you work with
those positions they know the
relationship is there and it's very
obvious for them to hire you it's a very
good fit and then those are probably the
most common ways that study coordinators
get into the industry just because
they're both there on the clinical side
study coordinators and CRA and in-house
CRA
so those are very good options I have
heard of people who actually worked with
people who were study coordinated before
and are now in how CRA s so that's a
very common path as well also some other
paths are you could go the entry-level
route if you want to entry-level CTA I
mean you're probably not gonna put you
in as entry-level if you have experience
but they'll probably put you level two
or a senior or something like that but
you could do that if you're not
interested in monitoring but those are
probably the best options staying on
that clinical side is going to be the
easiest and the lowest path of
resistance
most likely and then you just go from
there if you want to wherever you want
to go in the CRO just do that after you
get in on the clinical side
preferably CRA that's that's your best
bet by far now if you're interested in
going to the sponsor they also have CRA
s actually so some so back in the day
sponsors used to do everything they used
to basically beat the CRO as well and
run their own trials but somehow
companies broke out and realize that
they could offer the service to the
sponsor the sponsor can just focus on
creating the drug the CRO could just
focus on bringing it through the the
phases of the of a clinical trial and so
they realized that was more efficient
and that was more cost effective so
that's the model we have now today so
you can go to the sponsor as well and be
a CRA but obviously you don't have as
much contact with the sponsor you have a
lot more contact with the CRO so it
might be better for you to go with the
CRO just because you're more familiar
with working with them and for them so
that's just something to keep in mind as
well but they do have CRA s and they do
have other clinical positions as well
that you could check out but I always
like looking at the path of least
resistance what's the lowest barrier to
entry and let's see if we can attack
that so CRA in how CRA maybe some other
clinical positions clinical trial
assistant if you want to go that route
as well and you can do project
management side but I remember I would
much rather prefer you guys getting in
SCRA and then moving on to wherever you
go because your salary is gonna be high
and you're gonna be treated just way
better if you were a CRA so that's it
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