Se suele utilizar como sinónimo de "monitor":

---http://www.clinicaltrialjobs.com/crahelp/linklist.cfm

Clinical Research Professionals:certification opportunities
Suggested by: CarolynR, Entered: Jun 09, 2000

13,500 professionals cannot be wrong as members of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. The ACRP spring annual meeting was quite dynamic - check out their site. This group certifies clinical trial professionals in the area of Clinical Research Coordinator(study coordinator) and Clinical Research Associates (monitor) after they meet professional eligibility requirements they can test for certification. Many educational training courses are offered so take advantage of this organization.

---www.cslrecruitment.com/infoHelpSub3.asp

So you want to be a Clinical Research Associate?

The Job

The definition of the elements of the Clinical Research Associate (CRA) role shows great diversity across the pharmaceutical and service sector industries. Nevertheless, these components all contribute to the same common purpose of facilitating the conduct of clinical trials to the recognised standard of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) , in order to generate acceptable safety and efficacy data in the most efficient manner, in order to either support the registration of the product or subsequent marketing. The CRA is key to performing successful clinical trials and therefore, is engaged in a vast array of activities. Some typical examples can be divided into three stages of the clinical trial process as shown in the table below.

(Si entrás en la página vas a ver que todas las actividades nombradas son las que realiza el monitor).

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Agrego una referencia más, de un glosario sobre terminología empleada en la investigación clínica(http://www.centerwatch.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?p=patient/glossary....
Clinical Research Associate (CRA)
Person employed by the study sponsor or CRO to monitor a clinical study at all participating sites. See also, monitor.



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Monitor
Person employed by the sponsor or CRO who reviews study records to determine that a study is being conducted in accordance with the protocol. A monitor\'s duties may include, but are not limited to, helping to plan and initiate a study, and assessing the conduct of studies. Monitors work with the clinical research coordinator to check all data and documentation from the study. See also CRA.



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