Central Florida Chapter: ACRP Certification Prep Course, December 2022

This ACRP Certification Exam Preparation Webinar Course provides guidance on how to prepare for an ACRP Certification exam (e.g., CCRA^®, CCRC^®, CPI^®, and ACRP-CP^®) for persons planning to take the exam. This course does not cover the project management or medical device subspecialty designations.

Familiarize yourself with the format of the exam, tackle example questions, and conduct a personal gap analysis to ensure you are fully primed to earn your ACRP Certification. 

This webinar course includes a series of three PowerPoint presentations, discussions, and question-and-answer sessions. The course is moderated by an ACRP approved trainer. No contact hours offered.

The ACRP Certification exam was modified in 2017. The certification programs are now reflective of the Clinical Trial Competency Framework developed by the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency. Knowledge areas reflect current practice as a monitor, study coordinator or investigator. The certification exam has been expanded from 5 relevant guidelines to 6 guidelines: ICH E2A, Declaration of Helsinki, ICH E6, E8, E9 and E11 (Clinical Trials in Pediatric Population).

Course Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to list and use the benefits of certification to drive their exam preparation efforts
2. Be familiar with the question-style and layout of ACRP’s Certification exams, including how to approach their multiple-choice format
3. Be able to identify and describe at least three (3) strategies for preparing for ACRP’s Certification exams
4. Be able to use and reference the six (6) relevant guidelines used to create the ACRP’s Certification exams:
   1. ICH E2A - Safety Definitions
   2. ICH E6 - Good Clinical Practice
   3. ICH E8 - General Considerations for Clinical Trials
   4. ICH E9 - Statistical Principles for Clinical Trials
   5. ICH E11 - Clinical Investigation Of Medicinal Products in Pediatric Population
   6. The Declaration of Helsinki
5. Be able to assess their individual level of readiness by practicing exam questions based on the Detailed Content Outline (DCO) under training conditions (NOT exam conditions)

Program Agenda:

• 8:15AM - 8:55 AM: Virtual Sign-in
• 8:55AM - 9:05 AM: Welcome and Introduction
• 9:05AM - 11:05 AM: Webinar I
• 11:05AM - 11:15 AM: Break
• 11:15AM - 12:15 PM: Webinar II
• 12:15PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch on your own
• 1:00PM - 2:30 PM: Webinar II (cont.) & Webinar III
• 2:30PM - 2:45 PM: Break
• 2:45PM - 4:00 PM: Webinar III (cont.)
• 4:00PM - 4:15 PM: Questions and Answers, Adjourn 

Leader:

Ms. Lynette Westbrook is an independent research nurse consultant with a passion for training research professionals to successfully conduct GCP guided, ethical and responsible clinical research. She has a strong background in all aspects of clinical research; including site start-up and study start, regulatory, subject recruitment, enrollment, randomization and study follow-up in Phase I-IV studies.  She has experience in assisting with developing phase I & II protocols, investigator-initiated INDs, and communicating with both the FDA and Data Safety Monitoring Boards. She has served as an un-blinded investigator and been a board member on several academic and private IRBs.

Lynette began her nursing career in a large urban medical center working in post-open heart, MICU and bone-marrow transplant units.  Her 25 + years’ experience in academic clinical research began at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), continued during her move to UT Med School - Houston as a research nurse specialist, and her move back to UTSW as a clinical research nurse educator.

She was instrumental in developing the first clinical research coordinators education course at UT Medical School Houston. During her time at UTSW she helped develop a comprehensive educational program for clinical research coordinators.

She has 16 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and has been a speaker at numerous regional, national and international research meetings.  She has been an active member of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) since 1994. First with the Houston ACRP Chapter, and most recently, past president and currently active board member of the North Texas ACRP Chapter.

Contact Hour Costs:

• No Contact hours will be offered

Level: Beginning to Intermediate

Target Audience:  Research Coordinator, Research Nurse, Manager of Clinical Trial Operations, Investigator, Monitor/CRA, Patient Recruiter​​