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• Attaché de recherche clinique oncologie (H/F) – Clermont-Ferrand
• Technicien d’étude clinique en Oncologie (H/F) – Bordeaux
• Jouons un peu : Pharmaspecific organise sa toute première “battle de la recherche clinique” !
• When a company uses anonymisation, does the GDRP apply to it?
• When the sponsor requests a pre-screening list, is it possible to initial the patient’s name before the patient has signed an informed consent?
• GDRP : Can the DPO be based outside the European Union?
• Can a patient request the deletion of data from his/her medical record?
• Should clinical study technicians take the steps related to the GDRP ? Who should carry out these procedures?
• GDRP : Can an impact assessment be made after once the processing has begun?
• Is there an GDRP certification? How can I prove that my company is GDRP compliant?
• Who must notify the CNIL of a violation?
• GDRP/clinical research: Do patients have the right to retrieve their data in order to transfer it to a concurrent company?
• How do I become a DPO (Data Protection Officer)?
• Règlement, Directive, Décision, Ordonnances, arrêtés, décrets, circulaires…quelles différences et où les trouver ?
• Informed Consent Forms (ICF) and Patient infrormation Sheet: 10 Tips to acheive your goals
• Which profession is the most suitable for a PhD?
• The earthquake: Invalidating the Privacy Shield and clinical research (Now, what?)
• Clinical Research: How format can change a CRF presentation for the better?
• 2 years of experience as CRA, how to quickly become a project manager
• VLOG Forum Biotechno Paris 2020
• This is the first monitoring visit what is your priority?
• How can I be sure that the CRA job is for me ?
• Strategy : What immediate evolution for an CRA ?
• Interview de Jules : Le métier d’ARC?
• How to train in different pathologies when you are a Clinical Study Coordinator at the hospital?
• Challenge #30: Zen GCP audit!
• Challenge # 29: Tips from an experienced ARC !!!
• Challenge #28:What are the essential tools for quality monitoring?
• Challenge #27: My patient was enrolled, he did not have the criteria, what should I do?
• Challenge #26 : Fraud in clinical trials, what to do?
• Challenge #25 : My patient received the wrong treatment or the wrong dose, What should I do?
• Challenge #24 : Can I retrieve ethnic data from the CRF in France?
• Challenge #23 : L’ALCOAC, comment l’appliquer dans le monitoring?
• Challenge # 22: There is no such thing as the lost of sight!
• Challenge # 21: Centrifuge, refrigerator, freezer in clinical studies, what should you check?
• Challenge # 20: What to check when signing an informed consent form?
• Challenge #18: In France, should you ask for the diplomas of the investigators?
• Challenge # 16: Essential document: What should your investigator’s CV contain?
• Challenge # 15: Monitoring visit: Laboratory kits, What to check?
• Challenge # 14 Monitoring visit: The investigator site file, What to check?
• Challenge # 13 Do I have the right to retrieve the patient’s initials via the CRF?
• Challenge # 12 Anonymization and pseudonymization? What is the difference?
• Challenge # 17: Monitoring at the pharmacy, what to check?
• Challenge #11 The person who signed the consent is a resident physician. What to do?
• challenge # 10 The doctor signed the consent, he is not on the delegation log
• challenge # 9 I am replacing a CRA permanently, What to check?
• challence # 8 a SAE during the weekend. the declaration did not take place within 24 hours. What to do?
• Challenge # 7 No AE grade and no link to the product under study in the medical file. What to do?
• Challenge #6 My patient’s medical record is lost! What can I do?
• Challenge # 5 Multiple nurses are working on my clinical study, I don’t have their CV !!
• Challenge # 4 The concomitant treatments are missing in the source file, what to do?
• Challenge # 3 The medical file is in electronic version, What should I pay attention to?
• Challenge # 2 My investigator refuses to put certain adverse events in the CRF
• Challenge # 1 – Do the investigator and the patient have to sign the consent on the same day?
• Mon premier entretien d’embauche collectif!
• TEC freelance avec 1 an d’expérience, est ce possible?
• Je cherche un stage de master 1, les CROs ne me répondent pas, que faire?
• Merci pour ce trophée 🏆Trophée des entrepreneurs afro-créoles 2019 – Innovation et société
• C’est la première visite de monitoring, quelle est ta priorité?
• La question de la coiffure afro dans le cadre d’un entretien d’embauche
• Comment présenter un CRF papier ou électronique durant la visite de mise en place?
• Jour J, Aujourd’hui, Jeu concours et vidéo corporate de nos collaborActeurs!
• How do I finance my CRA training?
• J-2, Notre vidéo corporate, C’est comme ça chez Pharmaspecific !
• J-4, Notre vidéo corporate, C’est comme ça chez Pharmaspecific !
• What is CRA’s clinical research and business ?
• How do I find an CRA position in my area?
• How to become an CRA if you have a foreign diploma ?
• Pourquoi as-tu besoin d’un coaching pour trouver un emploi ?
• How can you find an CRA job when you have no experience at all ?
• How to find a position in CRO or in a pharmaceutical laboratory ?
• Where to find companies to apply ?
• J’ai le statut d’étudiant étranger, difficile pour moi de trouver une embauche en France
• Le CPF un dispositif si précieux…
• Préparation d’un dossier au Comité d’éthique du Sénégal, les différences avec la France
• Les bonnes pratiques de Data management et son application au métier d’ARC
• NOUVELLE PLATEFORME CNRIPH : Comment soumettre son dossier au CPP ?
• I have a Ph.D. in biology, the employees won’t hire me
• Case study SAE unreported for several weeks, what to do ?
• Small or large CRO, which strategy to choose ?
• Do I pay so much for CRA training?
• Strategy : to become a freelancer, Good or Bad Idea ?
• Strategy: CRA CRO or CRA presta, what is the difference/benefit?
• Case Study – Disaster, Consent is Lost !
• C’est décidé, je pars en Canada !
• Mon Investigateur est exécrable que faire ?
• I can’t find a CRA job, I’m stressed, what should I do?
• Le TEC : Comment occupe t-il ses journées exactement?
• Le mémento est arrivé! Ma revue en vidéo!
• ANNONCE : Le mémento sur les recherches impliquant la personne humaine pourtant sur un médicament est disponible!!!!
• 8ème journée de la recherche clinique, 31 janvier 2019, l’événement à ne pas rater, “The place to be”!
• Failure to complete the Master’s degree in clinical research, what can I do ?
• Imminent…Le mémento sur les recherches impliquant la personne humaine portant sur un médicament arrive!
• I’m afraid of failure!
• Les mésaventures d’une ARC, on en parle ?
• Protected: RESULTATS SONDAGE SALAIRE – RECHERCHE CLINIQUE – 23 AVRIL 2018 – MAJ 19Jan19
• Technicien d’étude clinique en Oncologie (H/F)- Toulouse – CDI
• Technicien d’étude clinique en Oncologie (H/F) – Toulouse
• Connaître les salaires 2018 en recherche clinique, ça vous dit?
• Le B.A. BA du consentement des mineurs en recherche clinique
• Double aveugle (Double Blind) ou double insu
• Enrolled patients (Patient inclus)
• End of treatment ou la fin de traitement
• End-points
• Comment motiver une équipe d’ARC ?
• Drug inventory / accountability of the investigational drug (Comptabilité des unités de traitements)
• C’est quoi le métier d’ARC concrètement?
• Drop out patients (patient ayant abandonné l’étude)
• La négociation optimale des budgets d’essai clinique avec les centres d’investigation en 5 points
• Liste de délégation des tâches ou formulaire de délégation des fonctions ou (Délégation Log)
• SUSARS, CIOMS, Medwatch, VAERS
• Vanessa Montanari sur France Télévisions!
• Pharmaspecific training est officiellement ouvert!
• Comité de surveillance et de suivi de données (DSMB)
• Vis ma vie d’ARC
• Cahier d’observation papier ou électronique appelés communément CRF et eCRF (Case Report Form)
• Bonne nouvelle, le nouveau site est dans les starting-blocks!
• FDA 1572, FD, debartment list Quésaco ?
• Investigateur coordinateur
• Questions-Réponses Noël : Chapitre 3
• Queries ou (requêtes)
• Jeu express de Noël : Un escape-game et un petit dej’ avec nous!
• C’est décidé, je pars en Canada ! : Interview d’un expatrié
• First in human, Documentaire à ne pas rater sur la recherche clinique !
• Interview – Vincent Diebolt F-CRIN
• CRO (Contract research organization)
• Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé (ANSM)
• Réunion en recherche clinique gratuite à ne pas manquer !
• Photo or no photo on my CV ?
• Effet indésirable
• Les étiquettes de médicaments, comment vérifier leur contenu ?
• Bonnes pratiques de fabrication
• Comment revoir un contrat d’essai clinique ?
• Remboursement de frais patient
• L’appel aux patients
• Watch out for your messages on Linkedin
• Article MSL – Réponses de François
• The 3 priorities not to be forgotten in monitoring. 
• VLOG : Connais tu le SOCRA? On t’y emmène.
• Think about recruitment companies
• I can’t find a job in CRA position, why is that ?
• What level of education is required to become a CRA ?
• Why to keep in touch with former managers ?
• Comment manager une équipe d’ARCS ?
• The Best Time to Find a CRA Job
• The 3 things missing from your CRA CV
• Quelles évolutions pour les ARC et les TEC en France, d’ici 10 ans
• Réussir son entretien téléphonique
• Toute la vérité sur le métier d’ARC
• SOUVENIR, SOUVENIR…LA JOURNEE DE LA RECHERCHE CLINIQUE 2017
• Pharmaspecific : Poste d’ARC Guadeloupe/Martinique, Octobre 2017
• 10 outils essentiels pour un monitoring de qualité !
• Les 10 commandements du chef de projet clinique
• Les 5 meilleures solutions pour trouver un emploi
• Assemblée plénière du 26 juin 2017 organisée par le Comité de Patients en Recherche Clinique en Cancérologie
• Un MSL accepte de répondre à nos questions !
• Les comités de surveillance en Recherche Clinique
• Est-ce que ton certificat d’assurance est conforme ?
• L’eCRF, un outil essentiel pour les ARC
• La meilleure façon de trouver du travail
• Comment écrire de SUPER procédures opératoires standardisées?
• Jamais 2 sans 3 … Après la MR-002, voici la MR-003 !
• La loi Jardé – Partie 2 : La vigilance
• Devenir ARC : est-ce-que je dois choisir l’apprentissage ou bien le stage ?
• Jardé law, in practice: The IRB and the ANSM
• Q&A (3): Contract in CR, Freelance, medical monitor
• Testimonial of Laura, The challenge 2016 (mentoring)
• My answers to your questions on CRA profession (Part 2)
• My answers to your questions on the CRA profession (Part 1)
• My challenge 2017
• Christmas Q&A: Chapter 2 (Part 2)
• Christmas Q&A: Chapter 2 (Part 1)
• Q&A – Chapter 1
• The 4 Values to Succeed as a CRA
• Christmas FAQ [Completed]
• Single contract, the record!
• Congratulations to the winner of the Crazy Pic!
• Monitoring at the pharmacy, the pillars of success!
• Collabore avec Pharmaspecific en tant qu’apporteur d’affaires
• What is ISO9001 certification ?
• What is ISO9001 certification?
• Un ARC et le paysage asiatique d’essais cliniques
• I cannot organize my workflow, how do I?
• Is it possible to switch from CRC to CRA-CRO ?
• Zen CRA, how to improve your well-being at work?
• Pharmaspecific goes green
• Jeu concours 2 ans du blog
• How to attract promoters and CROs?
• Clinical site coordinator, how to avoid protocol deviations in my center?
• Mentoring: Good news!
• I crumble under the mails, how to get out alive?
• This is hell, I resume my colleague’s studies!
• Help, I have a consent to monitor!
• Hospital CSC or CRO CSC ?
• The ALCOA, ALCO … WHAT?
• At the intersection of clinical research actors
• Are you freelance? Collaborate with Pharmaspecific!
• How to choose a provider in clinical research?
• I need a helping hand!!!
• View the 2nd edition of the free eBook Mosio! We participated in drafting!!
• Role and tasks of a clinical data manager
• How to improve the recognition of the CRC profession ?
• 8 essential points for a comprehensive monitoring report
• 5 tips for a successful CRA interview
• How to succeed your implementation visit?
• The best clinical research conferences of TED.com
• Mentoring of our winner : Laura
• CRA and CRC, 7 practical tips on SAE …
• Why are CROs reluctant to hire hospital CRAs ?
• Mentoring session with Marthe, CRA trainee
• Mentoring session with Jonathan, future CRA
• 5 things to know when you’re a CRA
• It is decided, I am going to Africa!
• How the transverse management will change your CRA and CSC work?
• Accident in clinical trials and compensation for victims
• I am co-author of a clinical research memento, come help us!
• How to prepare an audit without stress?
• Medical Science Liaison, a conversion for the CRAs?
• Comment réussir sa visite de monitoring
• Le « SMO », qu’est-ce que c’est ?
• 5 points à savoir quand on est ARC
• The 2014 European Directive
• The 2016 challenges
• After the MR-001, the MR-002…
• Invalidation of Safe Harbor, what to do?
• Oncology Planet
• The ICH on the fingertips
• A Resume in order to be recruited
• How to organize yourself when you are a “home-based” CRA?
• The whole truth about the CRA profession
• You are CRA and / or PM, how to get a pay raise?
• All I need to know to become a CRA
• Succeeding his telephone interview
• The 3 best smartphone apps for CRA
• Electronic informed consent
• The Cooperator Groups in Oncology (CGO): who are they?
• The “perfect” FDA 1572 form
• Your study : BMR or routine care?
• Clinical Research: alert of the public opinion and Senators
• What do investigators expect from CRA and Site Study Coordinator?
• 10 essential tools for a monitoring of quality!
• Clinical research and medical devices, how to go about it?
• Project manager and CRA manager, let’s explain the words!
• The patients committee in clinical research, a definite advantage for promoters
• CRA and CRC, how to choose the right Job?
• The risk-based monitoring: a new method for quality control?
• Clinical trials insurance, how to choose it well?
• Our best tips to recruit investigators effectively
• Always with my “Dorosz”
• All recipes to boost inclusions
• Drop outs, don’t exist!
• The MR-001, what is it and how to respect it?
• Small CROs, where to find them to apply?
• Keys for a successful closure visit!
• How to use Linkedln, Twitter and Viadeo to find a CRA job?
• How to succeed in reconciling personal and professional life when one is CRA monitor?
• “It’s decided I’m going to England”: Interview with an expatriate CRA
• Information note and informed consent, the main points
• 5 trick questions to be absolutely prepared for your CRA interview
• The patient reimbursement: who is charge and how does it work?
• Profession CRA sheet: My testimony at the APEC (French Association for the executives employment)
• What changes to the CRA and SSC profession in France in 10 years?
• How to communicate effectively with your investigator, your CRC and your pharmacist?
• Memento of biomedical research relating to a medicinal product for human use – Laurence Culine
• Top 5 ways to find a CRA job
• Remote monitoring…the evolution of the Clinical Research Associate profession (CRA)
• The 10 Commandments of clinical project manager
• Hospital single contract: real benefit to the French clinical research?
• Spoken English: 3 tips, at low cost
• The Top 10 job websites for CRAs
• How to become a freelance CRA ? (Part 3)
• How to become freelance ARC ? (Part 2)
• How to become a freelance CRA? (Part 1)