Cancer Clinical Trials Office Blog

News & Updates from the CCTO

Forming New Teachers with the Help of New Leaders

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Congratulations to Nikita Bedi, Lead CRC with the Head and Neck CRG. She is taking on the leadership for The Onboarding Teachers’ Accreditation Project (TOTAP), an educational effort to prepare and grant credentials to Lead CRCs to teach clinical onboarding classes to CCTO new hires. Risa Jiron, Radiology manager, is the new senior mentor for the Project and a liaison to facilitate communication with upper management.

TOTAP is embedded in a larger initiative, launched in October of 2020 that is using REDCap to centralize the scheduling of all CCTO onboarding classes. That program also holds surveys to capture feedback on quarterly outcomes. The REDCap database was framed by Melanie Ashland, CRC2 in Early Drug Development (EDD) CRG. The CCTO administrative team has been a key partner in the larger onboarding initiative. Tiffany Li is leading the administrative team for this work. Amanda Sullivan is the senior mentor.

The success of this dual initiative has been a broad team approach, using homegrown talent, for ongoing quality improvement.

Essentials of Clinical Research Course

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This 10-session course introduces the basics of clinical research design, including biostatistics, design of diagnostic and predictive test studies, and required/desired elements of clinical trial protocols. Participants will also gain an understanding of the regulatory aspects of clinical research conduct and oversight, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and ethical dimensions of clinical research.

Open to faculty and staff. Certificate of completion awarded to those who attend a minimum of 8 of 10 sessions. Classes held on Thursdays from 4:00 – 6:00 pm beginning January 14 through March 18, 2021. 

Register here

This course provides a step-by-step model for how to design and conduct clinical research. Session topics include the following:

·         Getting Started: The Research Landscape

·         Designing and Conducting RCTs

·         Designing and Conducting Observational Studies

·         Design of Diagnostic Studies

·         Qualitative Research and Questionnaire Design

·         Research Reproducibility, Data Management, and Collection

·         Ethics and Clinical Research

·         Developing a Clinical Protocol

·         Running a Clinical Trial

·         Trial Closeout

Sessions taught by Stanford faculty and staff who are experts in the field of clinical research. Learn more

Questions? Contact Course Coordinator, Jessica Meyer MBA, at jpmeyer@stanford.edu

October – December 2020 CCTO Orientation Sessions: Available in STARS

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The next set of CCTO Orientation sessions from October through December 2020 are available for registration in STARS.

To find these classes in STARS, search for “CCTO” and all of the classes we offer will appear on the page for registration.

In addition, Cancer 101, RECIST, and Clinical Research 101 are optional orientation classes scheduled to occur this October 2020. CCTO staff are encouraged to enroll, however these classes are not mandatory unless otherwise instructed by your manager.

Cancer 101:

  • Date: Thursday, October 22, 2:30 – 4pm via Zoom
  • Teachers: Ami Okada and/or Rachel Freiberg
  • To sign up: Search in STARS for “CCTO” or “ccto-0100” and the available course will show up for you to enroll in

RECIST:

  • Date: Thursday, October 29, 2:30 – 4pm via Zoom
  • Teachers: Ami Okada and/or Rachel Freiberg
  • To sign up: Search in STARS for “CCTO” or “ccto-0101” and the available course will show up for you to enroll in

Clinical Research 101:

  • Date: Friday, October 30, 9:30-11pm via Zoom
  • Teacher: Elizabeth Anderson
  • To sign up: Search in STARS for “CCTO” or “ccto-0075” and the available course will show up for you to enroll in

Please note that we only offer each class once a month and Cancer 101, RECIST, and Clinical Research 101 quarterly. If a class has low enrollment it will be cancelled.

CCTO Orientation Sessions: Available in STARS

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The next set of CCTO Quarterly Session Orientation in July are available for registration in STARS.

To find these classes in STARS, search for “CCTO” and all of the classes we offer will appear on the page for registration.

RECIST (ccto-0101), and Clinical Research 101 (ccto-0075) are optional orientation classes scheduled to occur this July 2020. CCTO staff are encouraged to enroll, however these classes are not mandatory unless otherwise instructed by your manager.

RECIST:

  • Date: Monday, July 27, 2:30 – 4pm via Zoom
  • Teachers: Ami Okada and/or Rachel Freiberg
  • To sign up: Search in STARS for “CCTO” or “ccto-0101” and the available course will show up for you to enroll in

Clinical Research 101:

  • Date: Friday, July 31, 10:00am-11:30am via Zoom
  • Teacher: Elizabeth Anderson
  • To sign up: Contact Tiffany Li to enroll you in STARS

Please note that we offer Cancer 101, RECIST, and Clinical Research 101 quarterly. If a class has low enrollment, it will be cancelled.

STARS questions can be directed to Tiffany Li. Thank you!

June – September 2020 CCTO Orientation Sessions: Available in STARS

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The next set of CCTO Orientation sessions from June through September 2020 are available for registration in STARS.

To find these classes in STARS, search for “CCTO” and all of the classes we offer will appear on the page for registration.

Please note that we only offer each class once a month or quarterly, and if a class has low enrollment it will be cancelled.

In addition, Cancer 101 (ccto-0100), RECIST (ccto-0101), and Clinical Research 101 (ccto-0075) are optional orientation classes scheduled to occur this July 2020. CCTO staff are encouraged to enroll, however these classes are not mandatory unless otherwise instructed by your manager.

Cancer 101:

  • Date: Monday, July 20, 2:30 – 4pm via Zoom
  • Teachers: Ami Okada and/or Rachel Freiberg
  • To sign up: Search in STARS for “CCTO” or “ccto-0100” and the available course will show up for you to enroll in

RECIST:

  • Date: Monday, July 27, 2:30 – 4pm via Zoom
  • Teachers: Ami Okada and/or Rachel Freiberg
  • To sign up: Search in STARS for “CCTO” or “ccto-0101” and the available course will show up for you to enroll in

Clinical Research 101:

  • Date: Friday, July 31, 10:30-12am via Zoom
  • Teacher: Elizabeth Anderson
  • To sign up: Contact Tiffany Li to enroll you in STARS

Please note that we offer Cancer 101, RECIST, and Clinical Research 101 quarterly. If a class has low enrollment, it will be cancelled.