New York Metro: Diversity in Clinical Research

When:  Sep 22, 2016 from 06:30 PM to 08:00 PM (ET)

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Program Title: Diversity in Clinical Research

Location: Virtual Presentation

Speaker: Gary Puckrein, , Founder and President, National Minority Quality Forum

Agenda: 

  • 6:30 - 6:40 pm - Welcome and Chapter Meeting
  • 6:40 - 8:00 pm - Educational Program and Q & A

Registration Fees:

  • Chapter Member - Complimentary
  • ACRP Member - $25
  • Non-Member - $25

Program Description: It is important to test drugs and medical products in the people they are meant to help. As clinical researchers, we work to make sure that people of different ages, races, ethnic and genders are included in clinical trials, but it is not always easy. Please join us as Dr. Gary Puckrein talks about the importance of diversity in clinical studies and how to enhance our ability to recruit a patient population that is representative of the groups that the intervention is designed to benefit. 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss the importance of diversity in clinical research.
  2. Describe the current status of diversity in clinical trials.
  3. Demonstrate how to increase diversity in your clinical trial population or research practice.

Who Will Benefit from this Webcast: All Clinical Research Professionals.

Program level: Basic

Registration: Register at Eventbrite. Login information will be sent one week prior to the event.

Contact Hours: 1.5 Contact hours and CMEs have been approved through ACRP. Membership is not required for online registration of contact hours.

Please click here to purchase contact hours for this event. 

Contact Hour Cost: 

  • Complimentary for Chapter Members
  • $15 ACRP Members
  • $30 Non-Members

To receive contact hours: Purchase the contact hours on the NY Metro Chapter website and attend the program. Between 1 and 30 days after attending the webcast, log on to the ACRP website, then click on your ACRP Learning Portal Quicklink to complete the evaluation and receive the online certificate.

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Contact

Janet Holwell
(718) 263.4160
jholwell@aol.com