Overview
 Demonstrating the effectiveness and safety of new medical products is a critical part of the medical product development process and requires significant resources to accomplish. UC Irvine Extension's program fills a growing need for professional learning that ensures designing and implementing clinical trials for success. The curriculum provides comprehensive knowledge of coordinating, monitoring and managing a clinical trial within a framework of good clinical practices and regulatory requirements. An internship course provides an invaluable capstone experience for the certificate.
Who Should Attend
This program benefits a wide variety of Life Science professionals in biomedical, biotech, and clinical arenas who need either specific knowledge of the clinical research process or a broad understanding of clinical trials in the context of medical product development.
- Nurses interested in expanding their career options
- Researchers and technologists seeking to increase earning power in the clinical research field
- Medical product development professionals who need working knowledge of clinical trials
- Healthcare professionals and allied health professionals
Individuals seeking the designation of Certified Clinical Research Professional, “CCRP,” from The Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA), who hold an Associate's Degree or Bachelor’s degree in science, health science, pharmacy, or a related (science/
healthcare) field, may complete the UC Irvine Extension Clinical Trials Certificate Program in lieu of one year of SoCRA’s eligibility requirement of two years’ work experience in clinical research. For more information about the CCRP designation, please visit the SoCRA Web site.
Certificate Candidacy
Candidates must have a minimum of an associate degree, OR
equivalent work experience and consent of the program director.
An Application for Candidacy must be submitted before the
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Program Benefits
- Combine courses, schedules and sequences to fit your business needs.
- Earn a certificate in as little as 9 months.
- Enhance your career options with a practical credential
- Choose from face-to-face and online options.
- Earn credits to qualify for RAC recertification. UC Irvine Extension is a RAPS registered provider for professional development.
- Learn from instructors seasoned in practical industry experience who share their knowledge effectively.
- MCLE credit available on select courses.
Transfer Credit
As a "next step" on your educational pathway, UC Irvine Extension has an articulation agreement with Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) of Applied Life Sciences in which they will accept coursework from this certificate program as credit towards a Fully Employed Master of Bioscience Degree Program.
Certificate Requirements
A certificate is awarded upon completion of 16 credit units (10.5 required and a minimum of 5.5 elective credit units), with a grade point average of “B” or better. It is recommended that candidates complete the required courses prior to the elective courses.
Note: Six credit units may be counted toward the Medical Product Development Certificate Program.
Advisory Committee
- Amy L. Batoosingh, Director, Clinical Research, Allergan, Inc.
- Ginger Clasby, Executive Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Promedica
- Maribelle G. Sunga, Site Director, Clinical Trials & Research, Inc.
- Ruth Mulnard, Associate Program Director, General Clinical Research Center; & IRB Chair, UCI
- Richard Nichol, President, Nichol Clinical Technologies Corp.
- Albert Rego, Scientific Consultant to the Life Science Industry
- Nancy Schwartz, Principal, SearchLight Consulting
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