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Hi all,
I apologize if this question has already been asked before... but I was wondering if I could get a clear definition of clinical research?
I was under the impression that research involving patients and clinicians typically at clinics or hospitals would be considered clinical. In other words, clinical research is medical research. However, I read somewhere that other types of human-subjects research would also qualify as clinical research:
I am a research coordinator at my school where I not only administered long surveys to student participants, but I also collected human specimen from them (saliva and hair samples), which will be later analyzed for inflammatory biomarkers. Would this be considered clinical research?
Thank you!
I apologize if this question has already been asked before... but I was wondering if I could get a clear definition of clinical research?
I was under the impression that research involving patients and clinicians typically at clinics or hospitals would be considered clinical. In other words, clinical research is medical research. However, I read somewhere that other types of human-subjects research would also qualify as clinical research:
"Clinical research" is an umbrella term that encompasses pretty much everything that doesn't involve working in an actual lab.
I am a research coordinator at my school where I not only administered long surveys to student participants, but I also collected human specimen from them (saliva and hair samples), which will be later analyzed for inflammatory biomarkers. Would this be considered clinical research?
Thank you!