Do you need to do a residency or fellowship to be involved in clinical trials?

[343533]

Do you need to do a residency or fellowship to be involved in clinical trials? Does the phase matter?

That's the branch of pharmacy that seems the most interesting to me.

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[p-rog]

No you could have a PhD or a MD degree and that could work.

 

[Dalteparin]

A residency is unlikely to give you the experience you need to run a clinical trial.

 

[Monalyce]

Running a clinical trial and being involved in research are very different things. Many PharmDs are involved in research, albiet clinical research.

Fellowships are a good option:
http://pharmafellows.rutgers.edu/about/index.php

Academia is one route for PharmDs that allows for research.

 

[dingerx]

Do you need to do a residency or fellowship to be involved in clinical trials? Does the phase matter?

That's the branch of pharmacy that seems the most interesting to me.

You won't be able to do much. Clinical trials are really being cut. The Rutgers program is really your only feasible option without getting a Ph.D.

 

[UNCfellow]

What level of involvement are you looking for? Bachelor-degree level individuals can participate in day-to-day trial operations (recruitment, consenting, scheduling). However, securing funding and trial design, analysis, and publication are under the leadership of doctorate-level investigators. By numbers most are MDs and PhDs in drug research, but there are numerous PharmD investigators as well. Academic PharmD fellowship programs are designed to provide experience in all aspects of clinical research thus preparing the trainee to be a primary investigator on clinical trials.