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Building research capacity in India: The Masters in Clinical Research program at the Tata Memorial Centre

Clinical research is an essential part of evidence-based medicine. The conduct of high-quality clinical research requires the backing of strong infrastructure, especially well-trained clinical research professionals. Tata Memorial Centre is the largest public cancer center in India and has been offe...

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Autores principales: Gadgil, Durga, Sengar, Manju, Pramesh, C. S., Badwe, Rajendra, Ranganathan, Priya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8525792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34760645
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/picr.picr_48_21
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Sumario:Clinical research is an essential part of evidence-based medicine. The conduct of high-quality clinical research requires the backing of strong infrastructure, especially well-trained clinical research professionals. Tata Memorial Centre is the largest public cancer center in India and has been offering a Masters degree in Clinical Research since 2014. In this article, we look at the need for clinical research training, the evolution of this course and the impact it has had on clinical research capacity in India