Breakout Session III & IV – Human Resources & Legal, Recruitment & Retention
One-hour sessions with multiple topics relevant to your site’s success and sustainability will be presented for your selection. All sessions include active participation with either moderated panels or esteemed presenters that will provide many valuable takeaways.
Budget, Contracts, & Finance ($)
1:30 – 2:30
Negotiating Like a Pro: The Low-Down on Study Budgets
As study budgets become more complex and less transparent, site staff need to become increasingly savvy with their negotiation tactics. Whether you have someone who manages your budgets or not, this session will provide an overview of all-things-budget including pass-throughs, overhead, procedural justification, and how to ask for a higher budget and actually get it.
2:30 – 3:30
Virtual Trials 101: The Nuts & Bolts of Remote Practices
Whether or not your site is ready for virtual trials, they’re here. This reality was blasted home to us all as COVID-19 circulated the globe and forced us to embrace remote trials…whether we liked it or were ready, or not. This “nuts and bolts” session will walk you through everything you need to know from insurance considerations and budget considerations, to operational challenges and how to navigate unforeseen
Human Resources & Legal (HR/L)
1:30 – 2:30
Driving Site Success with Staff Success
With the recent changes and destabilization in the clinical research industry due to COVID-19, the value of having an outstanding site staff cannot be overstated. Successful sites have organized, well thought-out and thoroughly documented processes for hiring, onboarding, and training staff. Learn what it takes to create and maintain a top-notch site staff.
2:30 – 3:30
Common Contract Mistakes & How to Correct Them
Big or small, most contract mistakes are usually uncovered when you come face-to-face with a problem. This session will walk sites through the most common mistakes found in clinical trial agreements (CTAs) and the steps you can take to resolve them, or avoid them altogether.
Regulatory & Compliance (REG)
1:30 – 2:30
Quality Management: Not Only the Sponsor’s Responsibility!
ICH guidelines put the responsibility of quality management squarely on the sponsors’ shoulders. But that doesn’t mean sites shouldn’t have their own quality management plan! Understand the importance of quality management at the site level and learn how to set up your own quality management plan using tools from Transcelerate.
2:30 – 3:30
eSolution Innovation & Regulatory Considerations
Implementing eRegulatory, eSource and other patient-facing technology that allows clinical trials to move to a remote or hybrid model is on the rise. This is thanks in part to COVID-19, yet this path was paved long before the pandemic began. Join this session to understand the hurdles encountered by those who have already adopted these technologies, and navigate the related regulatory considerations.
Technology (TECH)
Sponsored by RealTime
1:30 – 2:30
Effective Technology Management Approaches to Boost Your Site
Technology can drastically improve efficiencies and processes if adoption and integration keep both the site and patient in mind. Sponsors, CROs and Solution Providers must keep site burden in mind when deploying new technology to ensure its success. Join this session to learn how to problem-solve and effectively adopt technology for the benefit of all parties.
2:30 – 3:30
Innovative Recruitment Tools: The Expansion of Telemedicine
Tele-trials and remote visits are becoming a reality as attention shifts to reducing patient travel time and increasing patient flexibility. Join this session to learn how to successfully implement telemedicine and remote visit practices as a recruitment tool for your site.
