Accredit Your Employees to International Standards
Ensure a Quality-built-in Clinical Research Workforce and Elevate Your Organization’s Profile, Reputation and Impact
Partnering with IAOCR to accredit your employees offers a multitude of benefits that can enhance your organization’s reputation and operational effectiveness. Through collaborating with IAOCR, you evidence a strong commitment to delivering the highest quality research for your stakeholders, positioning you as a ‘Partner of Choice’ for clinical trials. You also demonstrate your dedication as an employer to invest in the professional development and recognition of your employees, Furthermore, the bespoke insights IAOCR can provide from the accreditation process can also directly support the development and/or streamlining of your training solutions, focusing on competence-based, targeted programs that enhance efficiency and elevate the overall skill set of your workforce.
IAOCR provide industry-leading and internationally recognized professional accreditations across a number of roles and key topics. Our accreditation programs include:
- ICH-GCP
- Foundations in Clinical Research
- Clinical Research Associate
- Clinical Research Trainer
- Clinical Research TMF Associate / TMF Manager
- Clinical Research Site Manager
- Clinical Research Investigator
- Clinical Research Nurse (site-based)
- Clinical Research Coordinator (site-based)
We also work with organizations to create bespoke combined training and accreditation programs.
Contact us to find out more.
"Qualifying staff to work in clinical trials based on number of years’ experience provides false reassurance of quality and also fuels the industry’s talent crisis. When an individual gains IAOCR accreditation I know they have been robustly competence checked… …The IAOCR approach reduces risk to clinical research and provides a reliable and trusted pathway for new talent."
Sam Kerr
Merz Aesthetics
Chief Scientific Officer
"I would absolutely recommend IAOCR. They’ve really helped us over the last couple of years, re-organize the way we deliver training. I think the way they go about their business is very diligent, it’s quite strict, which I think you need when you’re setting up levels of competence for the industry. IAOCR have really helped us shape out thoughts around competence over the last four or five years."
Alistair MacDonald
Syneos Health
CEO
Reassurance for Your Stakeholders and Research Participants:
Accrediting your teams provides assurance to your stakeholders that your clinical research teams are:
Independently Verified for Competence: Employees are rigorously assessed to confirm their competency to perform their role safely and credibly.
Adhering to Global Best Practices: Our accreditation assessments are developed from the core global competency frameworks identified and ratified by the global industry experts.
Professionally Accredited: Our accreditations are recognized internationally, enhancing the credibility of your team to work globally.
Committed to Quality: Accrediting staff demonstrate your organization’s commitment ensuring a ‘right first time’ and ‘quality built in’ approach.
PositionYour Organization as a ‘Trusted Global Partner’ for Clinical Research:
Differentiation for your organization: Leverage your investment in the independent accreditation of your staff to ‘set you apart’ as a leading and ‘trusted’ provider of research.
Marketing support from IAOCR Team: Become part of the IAOCR Global Best Practices Community and from marketing support directly from IAOCR to showcase your commitment to global quality standards.
Attract, Engage and Retain Staff:
Employers who actively invest in the professional development of their staff:
Instill confidence in competence of self & team.
Tailor training and development to address competence gaps identified.
Improve employer brand experience; evidence your commitment to ensuring your staff are ‘best-in-class’ for the industry.
Attract & retain staff through providing competence-based career pathways.
Safeguard Your Research Investment, Your Participants and Your Reputation
A competent workforce supports E8 (R1) compliance through embedding a ‘right first time’ and ‘quality built in’ approach at the workforce level.
Reduce risk from errors and litigation; bring new treatments to market more quickly and safely.
Why Choose IAOCR Professional Accreditation
Standards are developed with and ratified by global clinical research experts worldwide.
Accreditations are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education framework developed by UNESCO which ensures international recognition with employers and educational establishments globally.
Robust and independent verification of competence; accreditation programs carefully designed to examine knowledge, skills and behaviour through competence-based assessment.
Learners are awarded: Certificate of Accreditation, designatory letters (Q-IAOCR / QM-IAOCR), electronic professional accreditation mark, internationally accepted learning credits, Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Points.
Employers receive (where required) a comprehensive gap analysis report identifying competence gaps which can be addressed through targeted training and/or updates to training material.
How We Work With Organizations
Every organization we work with has its own priorities, and we tailor our support to meet each partner’s specific goals. For example, some choose to accredit all staff in ICH-GCP, while others focus on certifying their global CRA teams. Many organizations collaborate with us on an ad-hoc basis, while others form long-term partnerships to deliver integrated training and accreditation programs (these are known as IAOCR Certified Academy Partners). Whatever your needs, we’d be delighted to discuss the approach that’s right for you so please do get in touch
Learn from our Clients
"At Re:Cognition Health, we are always working on ways to improve quality and efficiency in our clinical trials, which means having a fantastic team. We implemented the IAOCR individual accreditations this year, as a way of externally assessing our staff team’s understanding and application of ICH GCP to their roles and duties, as well as assessing their wider understanding of clinical trials. This process has helped us recognize, company-wide our wonderful staff and supported their professional development. More importantly, it has helped us identify training gaps, so we can consider additional training need."
Vicky Eyre
Re:Cognition Health
UK Director of Clinical Trials
Start Your Accreditation Journey Today
Working with IAOCR is a supportive and collaborative journey, and we work with our clients every step, ensuring that the process is tailored to specific needs and requirements. Contact us to find out more about the different ways we can work together to help you achieve your organizational development and workforce goals.