Curricular internship report at an academic clinical trials unit – CRU²C

• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Micael António Cardoso
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33828
• topic: Medical devices; Non-invasive brain stimulation; Clinical research; CRU²C

This report describes my experience as an intern at CRU²C, the clinical research unit of the University of Coimbra, anchored in the Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health. The internship aimed to put into practice the knowledge acquired in the teaching component of the master’s degree in Clinical Research Management. The report includes a description of the acquired knowledge and the pre-study activities performed, namely in a clinical trial with a radiopharmaceutical, and in clinical studies with intervention of medical devices. It also includes two case studies regarding clinical research with non-invasive brain stimulation devices and the ethical and regulatory issues associated with the use of non-invasive brain stimulation devices. This internship provided the opportunity to learn about the work developed in an academic clinical research unit and to gain skills and experience in clinical research.