The Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Research

A Practical Handbook for Gaining Insight into the Clinical Research Industry

By: Dan Sfera, Chris Sauber

Narrated by: Dan Sfera, Chris Sauber

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Condensing the most important topics in all of clinical research in an easy-to-understand presentation. The 20 percent of what you need to know in order to be 80 percent proficient!

The authors who have operated various levels of businesses in the clinical research industry since 2005 believe that more practical information pertaining to clinical research needs to be accessible to individuals who are new to the industry or are curious about entering the rewarding world of clinical trials.

This audiobook plays in an easy-to-understand style and is based on proven methods the authors have developed to train their own employees and students of their various clinical research academies throughout the years. Picking this up and absorbing the information will allow anyone to gain much better insight into the complicated dynamics of clinical research. This practical roadmap is all you will need to get started on your clinical trial journey!

In this book you will learn about:

• Regulations and the history as well as evolution of GCP
• Clinical research site operations
• Monitoring dynamics and typical monitoring visits
• CRO activities
• Sponsor-level dynamics
• Industry vendors
• Common career opportunities and employment roadmaps

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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A+

Really enjoyed the off-script talk between the two of you. Very thorough book, I will most likely listen to it again. So much great advice and real-world experience sharing. Thank you!

Great book but poor performance

The authors have written a great book but the audible version has more arguments and disagreements between the authors which comes out as bickering at many times.

The most realistic and entertaining clinical research guide ever!

Dan and Chris are two of the most knowledgeable and approachable clinical research executives in the business today. They do an incredible job of pulling back the curtain and allowing the reader inside the often clandestine world of clinical research. For someone looking to get into the industry or someone like myself who is looking to broaden his experience into other areas of the industry, this guide is the best out there. Dan and Chris’ chemistry is entertaining, insightful and incredibly useful to learning difficult topics. They have made a highly regulated industry overview fun! Excellent book and I highly recommend it!

1.5 Play Speed

Set the playback speed to 1.5 for a better listening experience. These guys are nice, but they speak too slow. listen to the difference.

Great book for starters, I think the comments between the paragraphs where somewhat helpful

It’s a great book if your knowledge about Clinical Research is close to 0. On the other hand, if you already have experience with Clinical Research the knowledge that you can get from reading this book may not be as much as desired.

Excellent Audio For Clinical Research

Loved every minute of it. Kept my attention from start to finished. Great job guys!!

Very helpful introduction

I'm new to the world of clinical trials. This book gave me a solid introduction. The banter between the two authors is both useful and enjoyable, making an engaging contrast to Dan's somewhat deadpan reading - to which Chris commented something to the effect that it was amazing how Dan could be reading and txting at the same time...yes...it sounds like that's the case;-). Nonetheless recommended.

Best travel companion for any clinical researcher

So glad I got the audiobook. It’s like Goggins’ audiobook Can’t Hurt Me, cuz it’s half audiobook half podcast. So much extra content it’s ridiculous! Definitely the best clinical research companion since Elizabeth Weeks-Rowe’s CRA Guide to Monitoring. I work with a big CRO and have my hands in all the pies. This book covers damn near everything. Doesn’t hurt that it’s fun to listen to when traveling or commuting.

Great introduction to clinical research

Very interactive audiobook and fun to listen. In a few hours I filled the gaps I have in basic clinical research, highly recommend it.

Not what I was expecting

I really hoped to have a better understanding of clinical trials as a result of this, but it was overwhelming and certainly not an entry level book. Far too many TWA's, although the off script dialogue was interesting, just way too much for me.