Conducting Clinical Research: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Nurses, Study Coordinators, and Investigators - Softcover

Stone, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974917818 ISBN 13: 9780974917818

Publisher: Mountainside MD Press, 2010

Synopsis

This is a step-by-step, how-to manual for both experienced medical professionals and novices who are looking to enter the field of clinical trials.

About this title

About the Author

Judy Stone, MD, is an infectious disease specialist who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. She had a busy solo, 100 percent ID practice in rural Cumberland, Maryland.

In addition to her active clinical practice, Dr. Stone has had considerable experience attracting and successfully conducting numerous Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for a variety of infectious disease indications over more than 20 years. She also is a speaker on antibiotics and infectious disease.

Dr. Stone volunteered to teach about HIV, STDs and infections in Dharamsala, India, in 2004. Subsequently, she attended the Gorgas Expert Course in Tropical Medicine in Lima, Peru, in 2005 and the Asian Tropical Infectious Disease Course in Bangkok, Thailand in 2006.

She has served on IDSA's Clinical Affairs Committee from 2005 - 2005, particularly enjoying the teaching and mentoring opportunities it has afforded her.

She is the author of the forthcoming books Volunteering in Clinical Research: A Consumer's Guide and Conducting Clinical Research:Forms and Templates. Dr. Stone is now a section lead author and editor on Medpedia.

From the Back Cover

In Conducting Clinical Research: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Nurses, Study Coordinators, and Investigators, you will discover how to
· Attract drug companies to your site
· Land a study on good terms
· Recruit patient volunteers-and keep them happy!
· Implement easy strategies for coordinating studies
· Organize your clinical trial activities
· Demystify regulatory requirements

Conducting Clinical Research is a practical, user-friendly how-to manual for medical professionals-physicians, nurses, study coordinators and investigators-who are interested in learning what it takes to carry out clinical trials. Everything is covered-from how drugs are developed to how to attract drug companies to a site, land a study, recruit volunteers, coordinate studies, organize clinical trial activities, and navigate regulatory requirements. Even ethical and social issues are discussed. Comprehensive appendices offer essential background, resources, sample forms and worksheets, and information about careers and training programs.

The book was a Ben Franklin Awards 2007 Finalist, and a 2007 Finalist in ForeWord Magazine's reference category for professional/technical books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mountainside MD Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974917818
• ISBN 13: 9780974917818
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 601