Basically the research project I'm participating is sponsored by pharma and is for some kind of rare disease (we see less than 10 patients per year that have this condition). My role basically consist of clerical work in this moment (ex: IRB, documents, forms, etc.). Is this even considered clinical research by adcoms? Should I stay (suggest something please) or go and find another research project?
Should I stay in this research project?
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Personally, it sounds boring and like you're not going to get much out of it. You'd be better off doing something you will get good experience from and can talk in depth about at interviews.
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You want publications, if possible. What you're doing is fine if it's super low-commitment (<5 hrs/week), but it sounds like it's not.
Talk to profs at your university in their office (i.e. not over email where you can be ignored) and ask if they have any projects ongoing (i.e. not their convoluted half-baked brainchild that it'll be your job to start and finish).
Talk to profs at your university in their office (i.e. not over email where you can be ignored) and ask if they have any projects ongoing (i.e. not their convoluted half-baked brainchild that it'll be your job to start and finish).
It's clinical research, albeit the grunt work of clinical research. Somebody always has to cut through the bureaucratic red tape for the study to go through and you're assisting with that. But I wouldn't try to sell it as you coming up with the project or anything like that unless you actually do have substantial input into the intellectual design of the project itself.
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Leave for a job where you're actually part of the team doing the research, assuming you have the qualifications to be joining that team.
