Promoting the place of the allied health professions in clinical research

Therapie. 2014 Jul-Aug;69(4):271-90. doi: 10.2515/therapie/2014041. Epub 2014 Aug 8.
[Article in English, French]

Abstract

Clinical research is of major importance to today's society, as scientific evidence is increasingly demanded as a basis for progress, whether this involves developing new healthcare products, improving clinical practice and care protocols or progress in prevention. Clinical research therefore requires professionals who are both experienced and increasingly well trained. Against this background, allied health professionals are becoming involved more and more, both as team members supporting clinical research projects and as managers or coordinators of projects in their own field. Clinical research activities provide an ideal opportunity for continuing professional development. All of this means that the professional skills of the allied health professions and clinical research support professions must be enhanced, their role promoted in the context of lecturer status and in the longer term, their status recognised by the supervisory authorities.

MeSH terms

  • Allied Health Occupations / education
  • Allied Health Occupations / trends*
  • Allied Health Personnel / education
  • Biomedical Research / education
  • Biomedical Research / trends*
  • Clinical Competence
  • Clinical Nursing Research / education
  • Clinical Nursing Research / trends*
  • France
  • Health Policy
  • Humans
  • Nurse's Role
  • Professional Role
  • Research Personnel / education
  • Workforce