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Good Clinical Practice Auditing - Principles and Practice REMOTE LEARNING

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REMOTE LEARNING - this course will be delivered to you live online from the UK. 

If you are wanting to book more than one person onto a course(s) please email courses@therqa.com

Course Information

This course offers the ideal training opportunity for moving into the field of auditing clinical studies.  The course will be of value to those familiar with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), but aiming to apply the principles to auditing; and for those who have audited in other disciplines. Delegates are expected to have some knowledge of Good Clinical Practice prior to attending to maximise their learning in learning how to audit against the guidelines.  The course concentrate on the practicalities of clinical trial auditing.  Workshops give the delegates practical experience of using auditing techniques in a GCP context.  All of the tutors are seasoned auditors who relate theory to their own experiences.

By the end of the course delegates will have

  • a clear understanding of aims of Good Clinical Practice and up-to-the-minute developments
  • a sound regulatory basis for quality assurance activities
  • an idea of what can go wrong with clinical trials and how the auditor can help
  • an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the clinical trials auditor
  • explored a range of techniques for audit, with examples of helpful documents
  • gained an insight into the activities of the regulatory inspectors
  • developed networking contacts to further their auditing career

Benefits include

  • a clear understanding of the role of the auditor under Good Clinical Practice improved audits
  • improved Good Clinical Practice compliance for your clinical trials

This course is structured to encourage delegates to

  • discuss and develop ideas
  • solve specific problems
  • examine particular aspects of Good Clinical Practice

Course Tutors

Tutors will be comprised from the list below:

Rosemarie Corrigan (Course Principal)
EVP Global Quality, Worldwide Clinical Trials

Susana Tavares
Head of Research Quality Assurance, BIAL-Portela & Companhia SA

Cathy Dove
Director and Owner, Dove Quality Solutions

Julie Kelly
Associate Director, Clinical QA, Corcept Therapeutics Inc

Recent Feedback

"Course was exceptional, the presenters were great, very informative and would highly recommend this course to beginners and intermediate auditors."
"I am happy with the course. It has given me knowledge to move forward with my professional career."
"it was useful to hear and see the practical aspects for preparation and organization inspection(staff and room organization, mock inspection, do & dont's rules)."

CPD Points

17 Points

Course Programme 

Please note this course will run in UK timezone.

 

Day 1
 13.30 Welcome and Objectives for the first day of the course 
 14.00 Laying the Foundations
Introduction to the clinical development process, the concepts of quality assurance, quality control and audit. 
 15.00 Break 
 15.15 Patient Protection
Requirements for informed consent and ethics committee.
Access to source documentation.
Including a patient protection exercise.
16.20 Workshop 1 - Case study on informed consent
16.45 End of day Q&A
 17.00 Close of day 
 

Day 2 
 8.50 Q&A from Day 1
 9.00 Effective Site Audits
The procedures involved in selecting and setting up audits at investigator sites.
 9.40 Workshop 1 - Planning the Effective Audit
 10.30 Break 
10.45 Source Data Verification
The need for and purpose of verifying data. 
11.25 Workshop 2 - Source Data Verification
12.30 Lunch
 13.30 IMP Management
The requirements surrounding the distribution of investigational medicinal products.
Accountability from release to destruction. 
 14.15 Critical Document Audits
The conduct of other study specific audits including protocols, databases and reports. 
 15.00 Break 
 15.15 Non-compliance
Determining the acceptability of Data 
 16.00 Fraud - Fact or Fiction? 
How to identify fraud and its consequences
16.45 End of day Q&A
 17.00 Close of day 
 

 Day 3
 8.50 Q&A from Days 1&2
 9.00 Auditing Third Parties
A review of audits of contract research organisations. 
 10.00 System Audits
The concept of auditing processes across many clinical trials, including a practical exercise in process mapping. 
 10.45 Break
 11.00 Workshop 3 - Process Mapping 
 11.45 Effective Audits
Where theory meets reality. 
 12.30 Lunch 
 13.20 Audit Reports - Closing the Loop
An examination of the processes which follow the evidence gathering phase of the audit. 
 14.20 Workshop 4 - Audit Reports
Audit reports, corrective and preventive action. 
 15.00 Break
 15.10 Regulatory Inspection
Auditors and regulatory inspections -how the QA team can help the organisation to perform during a regulatory inspection.
 15.55 Final Q&A
 16.10 Close of course 

last updated 14 March 2023

 

Course Material

This course will be run completely online. You will receive an email with a link to our online system, which will house your licensed course materials and access to the remote event. 

Please note this course will run in UK timezone.

The advantages of this include

  • Ability for delegates to keep material on a mobile device
  • Ability to review material at any time pre and post course 
  • Environmental benefits – less paper being used per course
  • Access to an online course group to enhance networking

You will need a stable internet connection, a microphone and a webcam. 

 

 

 

 

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Recommended Products

Booklets

A Monitor’s Guide to Investigator Site Audits
Good Clinical Practice Regulatory Authority Inspections
Investigators' Guide to Investigator Site Audits
Management of the Training and Competency of Personnel in GxP and Research Environments

Courses

P02 Good Clinical Practice Auditing - Principles and Practice
P08 The Auditing Course
P10 Implementing Good Clinical Laboratory Practice
P21 Audit Programmes and Risk Assessment
P32 Process Mapping and SOP Writing
P34 Practical Approach to Auditing Systems and Processes
RP09 The Remote Auditing Course REMOTE LEARNING
RP10 Implementing Good Clinical Laboratory Practice REMOTE LEARNING
RP14 Good Clinical Practice Inspection Preparation - Navigating a Rapidly Changing Environment REMOTE LEARNING
RP21 Audit Programmes and Risk Assessment REMOTE LEARNING
RP22 Risk Management in Clinical Trials REMOTE LEARNING
RP32 Process Mapping and SOP Writing REMOTE LEARNING
RP34 Practical Approach to Auditing Systems and Processes REMOTE LEARNING

eLearning Products

Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) elearning
Introduction to the Audit Process elearning

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