Study Start-Up and Site Activation
Feasibility through green light: the path most studies lose time on, and where that time actually goes.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 7 hours
- Lessons
- 12
- Format
- Self-paced
What you will be able to do
- Run feasibility and site selection
- Sequence regulatory and contract work
- Track activation to a date
- Remove the usual start-up delays
Course content
4 sections · 12 lessons · 7h total
Requirements
- Some exposure to how a study runs day to day
- Helpful, not required: experience on a study team
Who this is for
- Coordinators, managers and start-up staff
- Professionals preparing for CTM or project delivery work
- Anyone accountable for timelines, vendors or budgets
Description
Feasibility through green light: the path most studies lose time on, and where that time actually goes.
Written for people already working near this topic who need sharper practice. You work through 4 sections built around the tasks the role actually asks for, each with a short worked example and a checkpoint so you can tell whether the material has landed.
This sits in Study operations: Start-up, budgets, vendors and project delivery. When you are ready to show the capability rather than describe it, the next step is Study operations specialty track.
Where it leads
Study operations specialty track. Completing a course builds capability. It does not by itself create reviewed evidence: demonstrated work in Competency Labs by TRUVAN does.
Common questions
- Is this course assessed?
- No. Checkpoints are for your own confidence. Assessed, reviewed work happens in Competency Labs by TRUVAN casebooks.
- Does finishing this course create reviewed evidence?
- No. Courses build capability. Reviewed evidence comes from demonstrated work that is scored and reviewed in Competency Labs by TRUVAN.
- Can I buy this on its own?
- Yes. It is available as a single course, and it is also included in the TRUVAN Academy subscription alongside every other course and Labs access.
- How long do I have to complete it?
- It is self-paced with no deadline. Most people spread the material over two to three weeks alongside work.
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