General Duties

• CRCs are involved in each stage of a research project. Overall duties include scheduling tests and procedures, recruiting study participants, managing investigational devices and maintaining databases.
  
  

Study Initiation

• CRCs write informed consent protocol for the study and prepare the study's protocol for submission to a research review board.
  
  

Trial Operations

• CRCs help conduct research according to correct protocol, coordinate participant visits to the study location and dispense medicines.
  
  

Study Closeout

• CRCs collect and store data, ensure document accuracy, and then report the information to the study sponsor using trial protocol and regulatory requirements.
  
  

Careers

• In addition to working as clinical research coordinators, careers in this field include working as data abstractors, protocol development coordinators and RN study coordinators.
  
  

Salary

• The starting salary is around $37,000 a year for a full-time clinical research coordinator. With experience, the salary can go as high as $68,000 per year.