Stop The SIV Madness

By Beth Harper, Chief Learning Officer at Pro-ficiency

At the outset of this post, I want to make one thing clear. I am a huge fan of and an advocate for CRAs.  I’ve been one and I have spent the better part of my career mentoring, teaching and helping CRAs develop their competency to effectively monitor clinical trials to ensure protocol and GCP compliance.  So it is not for a lack of respect for all the great CRAs and monitors out there that I am proposing we STOP THE MADNESS by having CRAs conduct site training at site initiation visits (SIVs).  Seriously.   Think about it.