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Good research starts with good training.

MyTrial Academy teaches clinical research to the people who do the work, from Good Clinical Practice to the role you want next, with a record anyone can check.

The Academy, by the numbers

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Learners
30,500
Trained with the Academy and, before it, FreeGCP.
Countries
168+
Coordinators, monitors, investigators and regulatory staff.
Taught from
ICH E6(R3)
Every point cites its section of the guideline.
GCP training
Free
The PDF certificate is optional, at $29 USD.

Training you can put to work.

Clear explanations. Original sources. A record of what you learned.

  1. Understand the work.

    Learn how clinical research works, why the rules exist, and how they apply to decisions you make on the job.

    Plain English, narrated end to end
  2. Go to the source.

    Study Good Clinical Practice directly from ICH E6(R3), with plain-language explanations and assessments that check your understanding.

    Cited as ICH E6(R3), Section 3.10
  3. Keep a record you can share.

    Your completion record shows what you studied and can be verified online. Employers and institutions decide whether it meets their requirements.

    Checked at mytrial.com/verify

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Office of the Founder

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A letter from the founder

Why I built MyTrial Academy

Dear clinical researcher,

I am Andrew, a physician who has spent more than a decade inside clinical trials. In that time I kept meeting the same person: capable, serious about the work, and stuck outside it, because the training that would let them in was priced for institutions and sold by the seat.

FreeGCP was my answer: a complete Good Clinical Practice course, free to study, for anyone who wanted it. More than 30,500 people in 168+ countries have taken it. The appetite for serious training was never the problem. The door was.

MyTrial Academy carries that work forward. The GCP program is still here and still free to study; the printable PDF certificate is an optional purchase, at $29 USD. Around it I am building the curriculum I wish this field had handed me: courses taught from ICH E6(R3) itself, that explain the reason behind each rule and are honest about what a certificate can and cannot prove.

If you are new to research, start here and build a real foundation. If you have done this work for years, you already know that the guideline is not the job; the judgment is. Either way, our promise is the same: we teach the why, we test what you learned, and we give you a record you can carry anywhere.

None of this is finished. The Academy improves the way it asks its learners to work: study carefully, weigh the evidence, and fix what is wrong. If a lesson is unclear, or a claim outruns its proof, write to me. I read every note.

Thank you for learning with us, and for the care you bring to the work.

With respect,

Andrew Michael, MD

Founder & Medical Director, MyTrial Academy

P.S. If you found us as FreeGCP: welcome back. The GCP program continues here, and every legacy FreeGCP record is still publicly verifiable. Every legacy FreeGCP record is still publicly verifiable.

From FreeGCP to MyTrial Academy.

A new name for the same work. What you earned stays yours, at the address it was issued under.

Carried over

What stays the same

  • The GCP programFree to study, exams included. The printable PDF certificate is optional, at $29 USD.
  • Every FreeGCP recordStill publicly verifiable, with its original number, issuer and QR destination.
  • RecognitionMyTrial Academy’s GCP trainingThe GCP training is TransCelerate-recognized.

New in the Academy

What the Academy adds

  • Role tracksClinical Research Coordinator and Regulatory Coordinator, built on GCP. Clinical Research Associate and Principal Investigator are in preparation.Coordinator and Regulatory Coordinator, built on GCP. CRA and PI in preparation.
  • New certificate identityCertificates issued from now on carryNew certificates carry the MyTrial Academy name and an MTA- number.
  • AI TutorAsk about the lesson in front of you. Answers cite the guideline section they draw on.

How verification works

How we hold ourselves to account

The standard we teach is the standard we keep.

Cited to the section
Each point names its section of ICH E6(R3), so you can read the guideline’s own words beside ours.
Honest about what a record proves
A completion record shows what you studied and passed. Whether it meets a requirement is each sponsor’s or employer’s decision, and we say so.
Corrected in the open
If a lesson is unclear or a claim outruns its proof, write to us. The founder reads every note, and a confirmed error is corrected in the lesson.
Cited to the section

Each point names its section of ICH E6(R3), so you can read the guideline’s own words beside ours.

Honest about what a record proves

Whether a record meets a requirement is each sponsor’s or employer’s decision, and we say so.

Corrected in the open

Write to us when a lesson is unclear. The founder reads every note, and a confirmed error is corrected in the lesson.

Begin with the foundation. Carry it into the work.

Start with Good Clinical Practice, free to study, then choose the program that fits the responsibility in front of you.. The PDF certificate is optional, at $29 USD.

No payment to study or sit the exam. The PDF certificate is optional, at $29 USD.