should I get a masters in clinical
research hey guys we've got a
viewer-submitted question on if they
should get a masters in clinical
research we're gonna talk about that
after the intro stay tuned
hey guys Serg here back with another
episode today I've got another viewer
submitted a question here this is a
YouTube viewer but if you're listening
on the podcast you can also submit
questions and I will cover them you can
email us elite clinical group at
gmail.com or you can comment down below
if you're listening on youtube but we've
got a pretty interesting question here
and this is a question I've gotten a
number of times and I might have even
made a video on this before but the
nuances are a little bit different and
what this person is experiencing or what
their experience is you may be able to
resonate a little bit more with it may
cater more to your situation but if it
doesn't then you can always ask your own
question as I mentioned earlier but
before we get into this person question
I just want to remind you guys we do
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so this person's question is he says hey
e crg i am an international medical
student who will graduate with a degree
of MBBS next year
that's the MD equivalent the u.s. met MD
equivalent I am planning to do my
internal medicine residency in the USA
and I have a spare year and I was
wondering if I should take up a master's
in clinical research
so that I can not only be a position but
also a researcher I would really
appreciate your insight on this since I
do not have much idea other than
information attained obtained from the
websites what should I expect out of
such a program and are they really worth
the tuition fees that they charge your
advice would be highly appreciated and I
really like your YouTube channel keep up
the good work
so thank you for this subscriber who
emailed in this question this is a very
very good question so I'm going to
tackle each of the points you made one
by one so it is awesome first of all
that you are going to be able to do your
residency in USA because that should
mean that you're able to practice in the
USA so that is very good and that also
means you're going to have access to
actual USA based clinical research
opportunities so the easiest way and I
think the best way for you to get some
experience in clinical research is to be
a sub investigator and this this is
something that residents do all the time
I literally see 1572 s with like 20 or
so doctors listed on them as sub
investigators and that's usually gonna
be from an academic institution with a
bunch of sub investigators so that's
what that is so it should be pretty easy
for you to get involved in research as a
sub investigator and that is what's most
important sponsors really want to work
with people that have experience in
clinical research so if you're
interested in being a researcher like
you said I'm assuming that's a principal
investigator a P I if you're interested
in being a PI well the best way to
become a PI in the future is to be a sub
I when you get that opportunity so when
you're in residency do get as much
research experience as you can be a sub
I on as many studies as you can get as
many experience as you can so that a few
years later when you can when you're
ready to be a PI and you're applying for
studies at your own practice or your own
institution and you're ready to be a PI
sponsors will select you because you
have prior research experience you're
gonna understand I CH GCP you can
understand the research process you're
gonna understand Pio oversight and p.i
oversight duties so that's a really good
opportunity not a lot of people get the
upper two
to practice in residency in the USA and
this is of course gonna be really good
for you if you want to do clinical
research in the USA and practice
medicine in the USA so that's really
awesome so is the master's in clinical
research really worth your while
I would say no particularly because you
already have an MD degree so or I guess
an MBBS degree which is the MD
equivalent I would say it's not
something you should go after because
once again these these programs are
their businesses they're meant to sell
you this program they're meant to sell
you this degree saying that you're gonna
be able to make more money or it's gonna
do what you want and that's not
necessarily the case in this industry
this industry is very much reliant on
experience it's experience experience
experience so I would much rather you
get the experience as a sub I and then
get this masters in clinical research
that's gonna go a lot further for you
than that degree that degree is gonna
you know teach you some of the book
knowledge but it's not gonna teach you
some of the knowledge that you need it's
actually conduct the research on a on a
day-in and day-out basis as long as you
guys know one thing that is in the book
and then when it comes to the actual
practice of it is completely different
so that's something you definitely wanna
think about but I would not if I was in
your shoes get the master's in clinical
research you can always get it later if
you want to I know people that have done
it once again I do not recommend it for
many people to get the masters in
clinical research because I don't see it
increasing people's salaries I do not
see it really benefiting them other than
taking a lot of time out of their
personal lives to do the masters in
clinical research
I would definitely more recommend some
of the certifications like the CCR P the
CCR a like the a CRP those
certifications I think are a little bit
more popular they're way more cost
effective and they're probably more
respected in the industry because of you
guys have a lot more respect than the
master clinical research this masters in
clinical research and the ability
a major in clinical research seems like
a relatively new thing not a lot of
universities have that option now so it
could change in the future I mean this
is being recorded in 2018 so we will see
what it's like in 2020 and 2021 but as
of right now in 2018
it is not worth your while to get a
master's but as you can see if there's
more and more people getting into the
industry more and more competition it
could be beneficial for people that are
new to get a masters in clinical
research
so we'll see I think I think people will
with experience will always win because
right now sponsors want people with
experience so as long as you focus on
your experience getting that sub I and
just experience and really you know not
just not just getting the sub by
experience and putting your name there
and putting that on your resume you want
to make sure you're actually getting
involved in the research so whether it's
you know doing some history and physical
exams whether it's you know even helping
the pie with some oversight and their
oversight duties try and get involved
there so you can kind of speak to it
because in the future you're gonna have
an S IV
you're gonna have a sight qualification
visit from a CRA and they're gonna ask
you a little bit about your experience
with the research so you really want to
make sure that you've actually you've
actually done it and have actually kind
of worked on the research not just put
it on your resume so that's something
else to think about and that's pretty
much it with your question thank you so
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