A comprehensive introduction to clinical research designed for beginners entering the field. Covers the fundamentals of clinical trials including their purpose, phases, ethical foundations, regulatory landscape, and the roles of key stakeholders. Perfect preparation for advanced GCP certification courses.
Enrolling in the GCP track opens both its courses. No payment to begin: the courses, every final exam and the online credential are free; the optional PDF certificate is $29 USD.
Eight modules and twenty-nine lessons, each module closing with a knowledge check, and a final exam to complete the course.
Each is open now, exactly as enrolled learners read them. Every lesson in the course is written, cited and narrated the same way.
Why modern medicine relies on systematic evidence-gathering rather than anecdotes, and how clinical research became the foundation for treatments that actually work.
Read the lesson freeHow past ethical failures in human experimentation shaped the protections that safeguard research participants today.
Read the lesson freeWho initiates, funds, and manages clinical trials, and how sponsors work with CROs to bring new treatments from laboratory to patient.
Read the lesson freeClinical Research Foundations is the first of two courses in the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) track. The track is free to study, and one enrollment opens both courses.
Rigorous ICH E6(R3)-aligned training for clinical research professionals
Score 80% or higher on every final exam and your credential is issued, with a public verification record any employer can check.
How it is enrolled in, and what the exam asks.
Courses are enrolled through their track. Enrolling in the GCP track, free, opens both of its courses: Clinical Research Foundations and ICH E6(R3) Principles.
Yes. The course, its knowledge checks, the final exam and the online credential are free, with no payment to begin. The only paid item is the optional PDF certificate, at $29 USD.
Sixty questions in 60 minutes, with 80% needed to pass, and up to three attempts. Each module also closes with a knowledge check.
Two years. After that, you can retake the training to renew it.
One free enrollment in the GCP track opens both courses, every final exam and the online credential. Course access does not expire.
The optional PDF certificate is $29 USD.
An exploration of the diverse career paths available in clinical research, from site-based positions to sponsor-side roles, across pharmaceutical, CRO, and academic settings.
Read the lesson freeClear enough to read between site visits.
Each point links back to its section of the guideline.
Listen when you can’t sit down to read.
Pick up exactly where you stopped.
The public verification record is free. The printable PDF certificate is optional.
Courses are enrolled through their track. Enrolling in the GCP track, free, opens both of its courses: Clinical Research Foundations and ICH E6(R3) Principles.
Yes. The course, its knowledge checks, the final exam and the online credential are free, with no payment to begin. The only paid item is the optional PDF certificate, at $29 USD.
Enrolling in the GCP track opens both its courses. No payment to begin: the courses, every final exam and the online credential are free; the optional PDF certificate is $29 USD.
One free enrollment in the GCP track opens both courses, every final exam and the online credential. Course access does not expire.
The optional PDF certificate is $29 USD.
The public verification record is free. The printable PDF certificate is optional.
Each is open now, exactly as enrolled learners read them. Every lesson in the course is written, cited and narrated the same way.
Why modern medicine relies on systematic evidence-gathering rather than anecdotes, and how clinical research became the foundation for treatments that actually work.
Read the lesson freeHow past ethical failures in human experimentation shaped the protections that safeguard research participants today.
Read the lesson freeWho initiates, funds, and manages clinical trials, and how sponsors work with CROs to bring new treatments from laboratory to patient.
Read the lesson freeAn exploration of the diverse career paths available in clinical research, from site-based positions to sponsor-side roles, across pharmaceutical, CRO, and academic settings.
Read the lesson freeClear enough to read between site visits.
Each point links back to its section of the guideline.
Listen when you can’t sit down to read.
Pick up exactly where you stopped.
