Clinical Research Coordinators

People in this career often have these skills:

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Medicine and Dentistry - Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Maintain regulatory or compliance documentation.
• Monitor activities of individuals to ensure safety or compliance with rules.
• Schedule activities or facility use.
• Monitor organizational compliance with regulations.
• Interview employees, customers, or others to collect information.
• Communicate with government agencies.

• Conduct financial or regulatory audits.
• Prepare operational progress or status reports.
• Maintain operational records.
• Coordinate operational activities with external stakeholders.
• Communicate organizational information to customers or other stakeholders.
• Analyze risks to minimize losses or damages.
• Manage operations, research, or logistics projects.
• Manage organizational or project budgets.
• Advise customers on technical or procedural issues.
• Develop organizational methods or procedures.
• Conduct employee training programs.
• Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
• Coordinate with external parties to exchange information.
• Maintain knowledge of current developments in area of expertise.
• Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
• Promote products, services, or programs.
• Plan facility layouts or designs.
• Develop promotional materials.

• Regulatory Affairs Managers

• Regulatory Affairs Specialists

• Human Resources Specialists

• Management Analysts

• Training and Development Specialists

• Auditors

• Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts

• Clinical Data Managers

• Social Science Research Assistants

• Patient Representatives