hey guys ECR G here back with another episode today I've got a user submitted
question about they have both DM data management and TMS specialist experience
and they're wondering where should they go on their career path with both of
those experiences where could they go with both of those experiences so I'm
gonna talk to that a little bit today I've already emailed this person back if
any of you guys got any questions you can email me Ali clinical group at
gmail.com I will answer your questions to the best of my ability and that's
basically how you get a personalized question answered for anyone who's
inquiring about that but before we go into that resume review program still
going on email me for details at Ali clinical group at gmail.com I've had a
lot of people email me recently I've done a lot of them I've done a lot of
packages I feel like people are getting really great value from it and email me
there if you're interested so this person started off saying hi I recently
saw your video data manager or TMF specialist by the way guys if you
haven't watched that video go ahead and check that one out I recently started
working as a team of specialists last month I have data management experience
so I'm wondering what type of career path I could have with my type of
experience within a year of working as a TMF associate most of the TMF
specialists in my department move on to become in-house ii Ras I'm wondering if
my background in data management in one year as a TMF associate would give me an
edge if I apply next year also what other departments or roles would fit my
background I'm not really that interested in returning to data
management so I want to look at my options anyways great videos and very
informative stuff so thank you I'm not gonna mention your name for this
question I think it's a very good question so and it's also a question
that a lot of people I'm sure out there have what do you do with that experience
so as you mentioned before you've got data management experience you could
always go back there but you've already said that you're not interested in that
so that's one thing that you're not interested in you could go up the line
in TMF specialist world and continue to hone your skills and be a TMF guru now
some things that you could do with this are you know be a senior TMF person or
you know go up the chain there and eventually you're gonna be the only
person responsible for that TMF you can be right up there with the project
manager and you know different companies call it different things but basically
you're the TMF person you're responsible for making sure that TMF is inspection
ready whatever that roles call could be a TMF manager TMF specialist even and
I've even heard TMF associate so maybe you're that person already but you can
continue to go up there and be that person now you could do what you could
eventually do with this is eventually remove being an employee and be
self-employed and contract out this work for you and it kind of be a your own you
know be your own boss and just be solely responsible for TMF and consult with see
a rose on the side with that but if you're not interested in that like you
said before you could become an in-house C array which is a good route I wasn't
in how C array before if you're interested in clinical that's a good
route I would also check out project management a lot of people want to be in
the project management world that is one of the best ways if you're interested in
climbing the corporate ladder you'd be a project manager than a
project director than a VP of the department and that could take you know
a while but typically people climb the ladder through the project management
route so that could be an option for you but if you want to go into clinical in
how CRA is good also you can become a CRA I don't know if they have that
directly at your company if you go direct but I'm sure if you applied
elsewhere you could definitely become a CRA with
that experience especially with that data management experience because you
would understand queries and query resolution and those type of things but
wouldn't hurt also getting some in-house CRA clinical experience either so those
are those are good routes typically those those are the ones that I would
typically recommend because those are going to be the easiest and easiest to
jump into from your current position so then they comes on to say thanks for the
reply I've only been at my position for a little over a month and there are four
or five t MF Associates moving to clinical so I'm wondering if that would
be a good option considering my background so and he also said is it
gloomy working in the industry if so what roles
I guess he means have a gloomy outlook I don't think any roles have a gloomy
outlook maybe maybe actually no I don't think
any roles I mean the CRA role is changing it's not gonna be what it used
to be but still industry is slow to change so I wouldn't I mean there's
always gonna be a CRA the role is too important it's always gonna be a CRA but
that would be I guess quote-unquote the gloomiest I would say I don't think any
of the other ones are particularly that gloomy like I said this industry is very
conservative they're very slow to change so not very gloomy but like I said
before and when I emailed you I think the best roles for you are gonna be
continuing as a TMF specialist project management going into project management
go either in-house C array or CRA if you can travel I think those are going to be
the easiest if you're still interested in clinical research so that's my
recommendation for you you know if you interested if you have any other
follow-up questions you can comment down below this video or email me Ali
clinical group at gmail.com take care guys