Training report in clinical trials coordination at Blueclinical, LTD

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Joana Cristina Mendes Cruz de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17158
• topic: Biomedicina farmacêutica; Investigação médica - Relatórios de estágio; Farmacologia clínica; Ensaios clínicos - Monitorização

This report describes the activities performed as clinical research coordinator, during the internship of the Master in Pharmaceutical Medicine, at the University of Aveiro. The curricular internship took place at Blueclinical – particularly at Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, from 15th September 2015 to 15th April 2016. The report is divided into seven chapters. The training objectives are presented in the two chapter, and in the next chapter the host institutions are characterized. Then, in the four chapter it is presented the state-of-the-art of the pharmaceutical research and development process, including the current situation of the clinical trials in Portugal. The activities carried out under the scope of the clinical trials coordination are described in five four. In the last chapters, it is performed a critical analysis and the assessment of the internship, and are also mentioned the strategies adopted in order to solve the problems and difficulties that arose. In conclusion, I consider that the internship fulfilled its purpose, providing the acquisition of skills as clinical research coordinator.