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  • Industry-developed standards
  • Protecting patient rights and wellbeing
  • Reducing risks to new treatments
  • Independent, robust quality assurance and accreditation
  • Developing world-class talent and processes

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Key Benefits for Organizations, Sites and Clinical Research Professionals

Benefits for Pharma and CROs

  • Reduces risk: brings new treatments to market more quickly and safely
  • Cost reduction: increases workforce effectiveness, performance, and efficiency
  • E8 (R1) compliance: demonstrates a ‘right first time’ and ‘quality built in’ approach with robust independent accreditation
  • Business growth: win and retain business by showcasing commitment to industry best practice standards
  • Differentiation: positions your organization as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for clinical research trials
  • Stakeholder assurance: provides transparency and reassurance through recognizable quality marks
  • Career pathways: competence-based career development for employees, addressing competence gaps
  • Employee wellbeing: improves attraction, engagement, retention, and the overall health of your team

Benefits for Individual Clinical Research Professionals

  • Professional recognition: certificate of accreditation evidencing IAOCR Internationally Qualified Professional Status
  • Professional certification mark with unique registration number and award of designatory letters
  • Career advancement: demonstrate your competence through robust independent accreditation and differentiate yourself in the employment market
  • Increased confidence in your competence
  • Part of an internationally recognized quality assurance system
  • Gain recognized learning credits and CPE (Continuing Professional Education) points

Benefits for Commercial and NHS Sites

  • Reduces risk: brings new treatments to market more quickly and safely
  • Cost reduction: increases workforce effectiveness, performance, and efficiency
  • E8 (R1) compliance: demonstrates a ‘right first time’ and ‘quality built in’ approach with robust independent accreditation
  • Stakeholder assurance: provides transparency and reassurance to sponsors and CROs through recognizable quality marks
  • Differentiation: positions your site as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for clinical research trials
  • Employee wellbeing: improves attraction, engagement, retention, and enhances health and well-being of your team
  • Career pathways: competence-based career development for site staff, addressing competence gaps

Benefits for Clinical Research Training Organizations

  • Expand your business
  • Increase income from learners/participants
  • Enhance your brand and position your organization as a ‘training centre of choice’
  • Provide an industry-leading program: independent, robust, and internationally recognizable
  • Reassure learners: committed to embedding best practice standards and professionalizing the industry
  • Value add: offer learners the opportunity to evidence their competence and advance their careers
  • Distinctive IAOCR Quality Assurance Mark for use on all training and marketing materials to attract learners