A cross-sectional survey on principal investigators' clinical research knowledge in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Principal investigators (PIs) play a key role in clinical research, and must thus understand the role of clinical research support staff to conduct successful and appropriate clinical research. This study evaluates clinical research capabilities by examining the clinical research knowledge of PIs and clinical research support staff. The participants of this cross-sectional study were academic researchers and clinical research support staff from Japanese universities and research institutions. The participants comprised of 54 respondents, among whom 36 were PIs (physicians) and 18 were clinical research support staff. A self-administered electronic survey was created and evaluated by experts, with 50 knowledge items. Mann-Whitney U tests were used to determine the significance of the differ

SUBMITTER: Sekine M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10014686 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature