Our comprehensive course is used as a gateway to those stepping into the world of auditing clinical studies. Tailored for those already acquainted with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and those transitioning from other audit disciplines, this programme stands as a pivotal guide. Pre-existing knowledge of GCP will significantly enhance your learning experience in auditing against these guidelines.
Engage in immersive workshops providing hands-on practice with auditing techniques in a GCP context. Our seasoned tutors, boasting extensive audit experience, intertwine theory with practical insights drawn from their own professional journeys.
Tutors will be comprised of (click the photos for biographies):
Rosemarie is an experienced global leader in Quality, Audit, Compliance, and Quality Risk Management and provides consultancy services to pharma and Biotech. Previously she held the position of EVP Global Quality at Worldwide Clinical trials where she directed and oversaw quality and compliance programs for all areas of the Worldwide organization encompassing QMS, quality risk management, audit, training, standards and controlled documents, data integrity, audit and inspection readiness, process improvement, and quality metrics. Previously Rosemarie was the Chief Quality Officer at Nordic Nanovector, where she established the QA strategy and operations for development of radiopharmaceutical products.
Rosemarie holds a Masters in Bioethics and Medical Law from St Mary's University, London, and a Batchelor of Science in Biochemistry from University College Galway. She is eligible to be an QP for IMPs. She is a Fellow of Research Quality Assurance and Fellow of Royal Society of Biology. She is the current chair of RQA GCP committee.
Cathy Dove is a Quality & Risk Management Industry expert, providing risk and quality management consultancy along with GCP audits and bespoke training to a range of Pharma and Biotech clients. She is an RQA GCP Committee member and member of the EFGCP Quality Working Group, working within Clinical Quality Compliance and Risk Management.
Cathy has over 30 years Global Pharmaceutical Clinical Research expertise (Phase I-IV) both from Pharma and CRO and is also a pharmacist. During her career, Cathy has held various global senior leadership positions (including 2 years based in Singapore). Her responsibilities included project quality management, internal audits across all Clinical Research Services, preparation, hosting, and follow-up of inspections from all major regulatory inspectorates and sponsor audits.
As an independent consultant Cathy continues to support clients with inspection readiness, risk and quality management projects, sponsor oversight and vendor audits, complex system and for cause site audits and bespoke training courses.
Cathy has been a course tutor for the RQA GCP Auditing Course for over 20 years and is the course principle for the Risk Management in Clinical Trials course.
Director of Research Quality Assurance, Stavares Consulting Unipessoal Lda
View pop upExperienced Director of Research Quality Assurance with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Strong skills as a manager and in Auditing CROs, partners, sites, systems, documental audits along several regions in preclinical, clinical and pharmacovigilance field. Also high experienced as a trainer and in quality systems among Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Preclinical Practices (GLP), Pharmacovigilance, Medical Affairs and corporate quality systems. Hosted a high number of FDA, EMA, Infarmed inspection for GCP, GLP and pharmacovigilance.
Please note timings may be subject to alteration.
Introduction to the clinical development process. The concepts of quality assurance, quality control and audit. A brief review of the regulations and guidelines that describe Good Clinical Practice.
Requirements for informed consent and ethics committee. Access to source documentation. Including a patient protection exercise.
The procedures involved in selecting and setting up audits at investigator sites.
The need for and purpose of verifying data.
The requirements surrounding the distribution of investigational medicinal products. Accountability from release to destruction.
The conduct of other study specific audits including protocols, databases and reports.
Determining the acceptability of data.
How to identify fraud and its consequences
A review of audits of contract research organisations.
The concept of auditing processes across many clinical trials, including a practical exercise in process mapping.
Where theory meets reality.
An examination of the processes which follow the evidence gathering phase of the audit.
Audit report and how to construct an audit observation.
Auditors and regulatory inspections - how the QA team can help the organisation to perform during a regulatory inspection.
This course will be run completely online. You will receive an email with a link to our online system, which will house your licensed course materials and access to the remote event.
Please note this course will run in UK timezone.
You will need a stable internet connection, a microphone and a webcam.
Course material will be available in PDF format for delegates attending this course. The advantages of this include:
The material will be emailed in advance of the course and RQA will not be providing any printed copies of the course notes during the training itself. Delegates wishing to have a hard copy of the notes should print these in advance to bring with them. Alternatively delegates are welcome to bring along their own portable devices to view the material during the training sessions.
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Investigators' Guide to Investigator Site Audits eBooklet
Management of the Training and Competency of Personnel in GxP and Research Environments eBooklet
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