Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research

Overview

• Gain specialised competencies for a career in clinical research
• Graduate with expertise to expand your career prospects in healthcare research
• Meet the entry requirements for further study and professional development opportunities

Develop your research career and expand your career prospects by gaining specialist knowledge within clinical research. Our nested award course will place you at the heart of opportunities within the healthcare research interface.

Upon completion of this course, you should have the clinical competencies and specialised skills to practice clinical research at a beginning competency level, as benchmarked against industry standards. You will be qualified to contribute to clinical research programs and projects across various healthcare and research settings.

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research careers

You will graduate with a range of varied career opportunities across numerous healthcare and research settings, including:

• Clinical research organisations and contract research organisations
• Academic and research institutions
• Healthcare organisations and hospitals
• Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
• Clinical trial coordination and management roles
• Research assistant and associate positions

Further Study

The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research provides a pathway for further study and professional development opportunities in the field of clinical research. Upon completion, you will meet the entry requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research and the Master of Clinical Research, allowing you to further advance your expertise and career prospects.

Profile

Ronan Burder

In the years since graduating I have grown from coordinating local investigator initiated studies in Australia’s public healthcare system, to now being a global Project Manager, handling multiple, complex, early phase oncology studies at a CRO.

Before enrolling in this course, I had graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours but was still working as a retail assistant and not using my degrees. My goal was to get a job running Clinical Trials. Through undertaking the course units, I was able to patch the gaps in my understanding of core research concepts that are not typically taught in other courses including GCP and study design. For me, the improved understanding of these concepts and getting connected to people in the industry made me a much more desirable candidate - I landed a clinical trials job at a local hospital before even finishing the course.