前言
大家好，我是臨研圈內容合作官Daisy Lin，同時也是一名從業數年的CRA。
身為CRA，聽到太多身邊的同事在抱怨，抱怨出差過多、抱怨項目太爛、抱怨研究者依從性不高……與其抱怨不如看到工作中陽光的一面。作為一個藥學專業的畢業生，我很慶幸能夠加入臨床試驗這個行業，恰巧前些日子看到1位工作於科文斯的美國CRA訪談！主要內容是分享了她熱愛CRA這份工作的原因及對該職業生涯的建議。
下面是訪談原文，簡單翻譯後，分享給大家，希望大家每一天都很陽光、開心。
我們邀請了科文斯的CRA Michelle，來聊聊她的故事，並講述她為什麼熱愛自己的工作！ We asked Michelle, a CRA at Covance, to give her story and describe why she loves her job!
Q：你的一天是怎樣的？
CRA的一天從來都不是一成不變的，這是這份工作的一個重要屬性。有時你醒來可能要直奔機場，出差去中心；有時，你可能要去辦公室，在辦公室待上一兩天，然後又開始出差。如果去出差，你可能會到中心，做研究監查。在那裡你需要和不同的研究者和協調員溝通，確保研究進展順利。真的，每一天都不一樣。這是這份工作最棒的部分之一。出差時，你可能一周要去好幾個中心，或者一周只去一個中心。但一般來說，CRA的一天要麼在出差，要麼在辦公室處理一些事務。A day in the life of a CRA is never really consistent, which is one of the very great aspects of this job. Some days you wake up and might go straight to the airport to travel, to go to a site. Other days you might come in to the office, to have an office day or two, and then start traveling again. So if you’re gonna go to the airport and travel you would go to the site and you would monitor the study. There you would talk with various physicians and different coordinators at the site, and make sure that the study is running well. Really, every day is different. Its one of the best parts of this job. When you’re traveling, you could go to multiple sites a week, or you could go to one site a week. But a typical day is either traveling, or coming in to the office and take care of some office duties.
Q：你工作中最棒的部分是什麼？
作為CRA，我最喜歡的一點就是每天都是一次新的冒險。這份工作絕對不無聊，總是有新的東西出現。我在出差途中遇到了一些非常有趣的人，他們有著各種不同的背景，他們的故事讓路途很有趣。我非常喜歡這份工作中出差的部分，你可以看到你從未想過會去的地方，我曾去過新澤西州外的一個小鎮，光看地圖我肯定不會選擇去那個小鎮，那裡非常漂亮。所以我喜歡這樣的事情，它們從不會讓人覺得無聊。你總能去新的城市，遇到有故事的新朋友。作為CRA，你會經歷所有上述這些，這是這份工作非常獨特的地方。The thing I like most about being a CRA is the fact that every day is a new adventure. This job is definitely not boring. Its always something new. I have met some really interesting people on the way, who have all kinds of different backgrounds, and it is so interesting to hear their stories as I travel. the traveling part is definitely something I like much about this job. You get to see places you never thought you would go, I was just in small town outside New Jersey, and that is never a town I would pick on the map to go to, and it was very beautiful. So its things like that I like, where its never a dull moment. You’re always going to a new city, meeting somebody new with a good story. As a CRA you get to experience all that and its something very unique about this job.
我最喜歡在大型CRO公司工作的一個原因是，我的公司非常重視人才培養，每個人都互相支持。如果有問題，你可以問公司裡的任何一個人。不管什麼職級，什麼崗位，甚至是否在你的團隊，他們通常都會給你指出正確的方向，這是一個非常友善且有趣的環境。每個人都很努力工作，但同時他們也願意互相了解。這是一個非常開放、有益和友好的環境。The thing I like most about working for a big CRO is that my company is very nurturing, everybody seems to have each others back. If you have questions you can go to just about anybody in the company. It doesn’t matter their rank, it doesn’t matter what job they have, or even if they’re on your team. They usually point you in the right direction. Its a very welcoming environment. And its a fun environment to. Everyone works really hard, but at the samt time they are willing to get to know each other. And its a very open, helpful and welcoming environment.
Q：你的培訓是怎樣的？
我的CRA入門培訓是一段美妙的經歷。在進入這個工作之前，我個人沒有任何監查經驗，所以我參加了3個月的培訓。這是一個非常有指導意義的過程，我從來沒有覺得自己被扔到了一個不舒服的環境中。The initial training I received as a CRA was actually a wonderful experience. I personally did not have any monitoring experience before I came into this job so I went through a 3 month process of training. This was a very guided process, I never felt I was thrown in to a situation that I didn’t feel comfortable with.
我有一位導師和一位經理指導我，此外還有其他培訓師和其他CRA，所有人都在互相幫助。因此，在這3個月的過程中，我學會了有關監查的一切，從中心的實際工作到聯邦法規。你會在幾個月內學到最重要的東西。這是一次很棒的經歷，當獨自一人外出工作的時候，我感覺很自在，而且我也知道培訓結束後如果有問題該去哪裡。在工作的第三年，我還參加了CRA證書的課程和考試，我強烈建議當你有了一定工作經驗，就可以參加這類的培訓和考試。I also had a mentor that helped to guide me, and I had a manager that helped guide me, on top of other trainers and other CRAs. Everybody was helping everybody. So during that 3 month process I got to learn everything about monitoring, from actually going to the site to federal regulations. You learn the most important in a couple of months. It was a great experience, and once I was out on my own I felt very comfortable, and I also did know where to go if I had questions after leaving training. During my third year I also took a course and exam to get a CRA certificate, which I highly can recommend once you have gained some experience.
Q：如何推進你的事業發展？
我認為在一個大的CRO公司的職業發展機會幾乎是無限的。我們公司的亮點之一是他們非常願意讓你獲得職業發展，如果你投入時間，展現出你對公司的貢獻，他們也將回報你。我認為你作為CRA學到的技能會幫助你在臨床研究工作中有所發展，無論是進入監管領域還是進入管理層等等。所有的東西你都可以了解一點，這對你的職業生涯有很大的幫助。I think that the career advancing opportunities at a large CRO are almost unlimited. One of the highlights of my company is that they are very willing to let you advance your career, if you put you’re time in and if you show that you’re dedicated to the company. Then they are dedicated to you. And I think that the skills that you learn as a CRA sets you up to advance in clinical research. Whether its going into regulatory area or whether its moving up to management etc. You get to see a little bit of everything, and its a great job to actually advance your career.
譯者介紹
Daisy
某知名外資CRO公司SCRA，擁有5年臨床監查經驗
話題：
如果有2家CRO公司，
A公司重視員工人才培養，
B公司薪酬待遇大幅高於行業平均，
你會選擇哪家？
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