ACRP Certification

Find out what more than 25,000 clinical research professionals already know. Earning your designation demonstrates you have achieved the clinical research industry's premier Certification. This career milestone will validate your clinical research knowledge, skills, and application — apply for Certification today.

CCRA® — Certified Clinical Research Associate
CCRC® — Certified Clinical Research Coordinator
CPI® — Certified Physician Investigator

Benefits of Certification include:

• Evidence of experience and qualifications of a research team
• Validation of competency when considering a new employee
• Reduction of risk to research subject
• Recently, evidence has indicated that regulators believe ACRP Certification Programs result in fewer errors, lower costs, more rapid turnaround, and greater safety in clinical trials when Certified professionals are involved. 

Since 1992, the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) has been the leading certifier of clinical research professionals with almost 24,000 professionals holding a designation from our accrediting bodies to date.

CRA, CRC, CPI, and CTI Certification for Clinical Research

Learn more about clinical research certification. Do you know what CRA, CRC, CPI, and CTI stand for? More alphabet soup?

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) was created to house all non-Physician certification programs (CRA, CRC and non-physician Investigator).

The Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Investigators (APPI ) is affiliated with ACRP and is now the administrative entity for the Physician Investigator exam. So, let's take a look at each of these acronyms:

• CRA: Clinical Research Associate
• CRC: Clinical Research Coordinator
• CPI: Clinical Physician Investigator
• CTI: Clinical Trial Investigator

You can learn more about these clinical research certifications by visiting the ACRP website.

Applied Clinical Trials (January 2010)

Interested in a non-clinical career focused on industry-related clinical research? You may want to start reading Applied Clinical Trials. You can view the January 2010 electronic edition by clicking here. This publication is a service of Advanstar Communications.

Advanstar also publishes magazines and websites like:

• Pharmaceutical Executive
• BioPharm International
  
• Pharmaceutical Technology

If you're really serious about a career in clinical trials, then you may want to consider pursuing your CCRA® (Certified Clinical Research Associate), CCRC® (Certified Clinical Research Coordinator), or CPI® (Certified Physician Investigator). These credentials can be achieved through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP).