hey guys ECR G here back with another episode so glad to be doing another
episode today I've got a very very very good question
user submitted I mean viewer submitted question from YouTube actually they did
this in the comments and the comment is as such hi thanks for the video would
you recommend one investing in a clinical research course before applying
for a clinical trial assistant position and they have in quotes here in this
case coming from a background in science biochem so biology research at a
master's level so it sounds like this person is coming from a master's degree
and I'm in order to get a master's degree you have a bachelor's also so
would you write the question is would you recommend someone getting a clinical
research course on top of that to become a clinical trial assistant okay
so no the answer is simply is no I would not recommend for a few reasons one the
clinical trial assistant position is an entry-level position now oftentimes I do
say they want people with a year of clinical research experience or two
years or whatever bla bla bla bla bla don't pay that any
mind it is an entry-level position so if you are looking to be a clinical trial
assistant you need to apply for those positions regardless of how many years
of experience they think they want because that is an entry-level position
and what ends up happening is they get a good candidate who maybe that doesn't
have the necessary experience that they ideally want in an ideal situation but
they give that person a chance and you know that is the role that people take
to get their foot in the door so a lot of people are going to be applying for
that with no experience so that's just that's just how it is that's just how
the industry is saying with the other entry-level positions also they want
base they tend to post one to two years of experience they post that because
they don't want to do too much training no one wants to spend all their time
training but you know that's just par for the course with those positions
they're gonna say maybe no experience with Inga say zero to two years
experience because they want someone within that range now what they hire
someone with the year of experience for sure because that's what they ideally
want but they would also hire someone with no experience also so don't let
that deter you when applying apply for those positions also in the second part
why would not recommend a clinical research course is because a lot of
those courses I feel like aren't beneficial to you when you don't know
anything about the industry I feel like those courses are very very beneficial
when you have a little bit of background maybe you've done six months to a year
because it's also new what they're preying on you with a lot of those
courses out there is they are saying this person really wants to get in the
industry maybe if I can convince them to take this course and spend a few grand
or however much it is upfront then they'll take the course whatever and
you're gonna learn something you're gonna definitely come back with some
knowledge but it doesn't necessarily translate into a job this is not in
academic industry this is not a you know a like a certification based industry or
anything like that this industry is experience based so when you get that
experience your life changes so what I would do in your situation if you have a
master's or anybody is focus on getting experience whether that's through an
internship whether that's through an entry-level job whether that's through a
contract position whether that's do a full-time position
focus on getting experience get your foot in the door first and then you'll
be able to go wherever you want whenever you want trust me on this your life is
gonna change after you get clinical research experience and you will see
that so I would not recommend now a lot of people do not have the luxury but I
would not recommend spending your money on a clinical research course because it
is it is it is helpful when it comes to the matter of knowledge you will gain
you will definitely learn more about clinical research but I do not think it
translates with the amount of money that you spend
into necessarily getting a job faster and not when you can do it without
getting a job now what's that gonna take is you're gonna have to look at yourself
and understand what your positives and weaknesses are with your candidacy you
have to make sure your resume is on point now I do help with resume reviews
if you're interested in that you can email me elite clinical group at
gmail.com we've helped a number of people and I made a recently made a
testimonial video that's on the channel you just type in resume review
testimonials on YouTube or clinical research resume review testimonials the
video will pop right up it is also if you can't find it you can email me Ally
clinical group at gmail.com and I will point you in that direction but you know
there are other things you can do to better your chances of getting a
clinical research job maybe some of it is strategy maybe you're not applying to
the right places maybe you're not applying enough maybe
you're not networking enough with the right people so if you need some help
with there you can email me or just look through some of the videos and on
YouTube and some of the podcasts on the podcast
once again link is in the description for those so there could be a number of
reasons why you're not getting the looks that you want from different companies
or or whatever that might be but I don't think about getting a clinical research
course is necessarily going to improve your chances that much and I think you
could kind of you can definitely do it a hundred percent you can do it without
forking over those thousands and thousands of dollars so I would not
recommend a clinical research course but a clinical research course in my
estimation is definitely better than going and getting a whole nother
clinical research degree do not go for another four years after you already
have a bachelor's degree to major in clinical research or do not spend a year
ago getting a master's in clinical research when you have no experience in
the field companies will pay for those degrees they will they will pay for it
so you want you don't want to fork over that money out of your own pocket you
want someone else to pay for it and besides it doesn't matter if you
have a master's in clinical research with with
no experience they want the experience 10 out of 10 times so I do not recommend
those courses if you don't have any experience the only education I
recommend is self-education on YouTube you know if you want to buy a book or
something something like that there's tons of information I've released tons
of like probably like I don't know about 100 thousands but probably like hundreds
of hours of content on the YouTube channel on this YouTube channel and on
the podcast that you can listen to there is so much information about clinical
research getting into the field out there
not to mention dance fair with the clinical trials guru shout out to him he
has lots of videos I used to watch his videos when I was getting into the
industry also and has helped me a lot so he's got tons of weapon ours webinars
tons of content out there if you want to learn a little bit more about the
industry and learn about some specific clinical research things now I don't
oftentimes go into too many specifics but I do I've discussed how to do some
of those entry-level tasks you're gonna be asked in the past now I might do a
refresh series for 2019 so definitely let me know in the comments if you would
like to see some clinical research tasks you know how to do them I can try my
best to reformulate them because I can't show my work computer on on this screen
share but there's tons of content out there guys for free just because you pay
for a course does not mean you know it's better or it's gonna be different the
same and it's the same information that you're learning you've got to get some
experience and get your foot in the door and that that's pretty much what it's
gonna take I do not recommend paying for courses at all but you but paying for
you know some other things maybe some advice maybe paying for lunch with a key
stakeholder those are all ROI positive for sure that's what that's what I would
recommend so I hope you enjoyed this video guys email me elite clinical group
at gmail.com for any quick enquiries you may have take care guys