Articles Vol. 62 No. 4 (2021) 21/06/2021

SITUATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS IN HANOI CITY, IN 2019

Lien Pham Phuong1
1 Vietnam University of Traditional Medicine
Corresponding author: phamphuonglien2239@gmail.com
DOI: 10.52163/yhc.v62i4 (2021).117
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Abstract

The study was carried out in order to provide useful information for policy-makers on enacting
appropriate regulations to improve the effectiveness of clinical drug testing.
The “cross-sectional descriptive design” was applied in the research; collecting secondary data
to statistic the number and structure of staff at clinical trial organizations in Hanoi. Quantitative
interviews with pre-designed questionnaires was implemented to describe the knowledge related to
“good clinical practice” of the researchers belong to the above organizations.
Main results: The number of staff working in clinical trials at Hanoi organizations is relatively
response to demand and has appropriate professional qualification. In which the highest percentage
is doctors (accounting for 70.33%). Clinical trial staff have a relatively good knowledge about “good
clinical practice”. The average knowledge score of the interviewees is 44.8/50 points. However, there
are some content related to the “ethics committee in research” and “responsibility of researcher in
the clinical trial” have a relatively low percentage of staff correctly answering

Keywords
Human resources; Clinical trials
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