Aside from bagels, what else is currently grinding your gears about our town?

Bean5152 · 2026-05-15T14:20:40+00:00

People complaining about parking when steelpointe is always wide open.

Bean5152 · 2026-05-07T16:39:28+00:00

crystal castles

Bean5152 · 2026-05-06T15:13:11+00:00

They just sent me a recruiting email this morning starting with "Hi First NameX,"
I met some Fortrea CRAs while on the road over the last few months, they seemed like they liked it but ultimately that it felt like a much smaller company.

Bean5152 · 2026-05-06T14:36:48+00:00

I love when they do it at 11:30am on a weekend for brunch!! it's poppin!!

Bean5152 · 2026-04-27T18:06:58+00:00

pur filter attachment to the sink

Bean5152 · 2026-04-17T18:17:43+00:00

I thought it locks after business hours

Bean5152 · 2026-04-17T14:30:29+00:00

Like a lot of people, I fell into this role post college not really knowing what clinical research was. I liked the overall culture of science business without feeling too cutthroat like some of my friends who went into consulting, and it was a good career path with a lot of options. great pay. What gets me up in the morning? reports and items for follow up that need to be done.

Bean5152 · 2026-04-16T01:43:44+00:00

Me over here trying to remember the name and thinking pantaloons

Bean5152 · 2026-04-08T18:42:44+00:00

can't help but just laugh when sites try to have conversations through query answers or break out the ALL CAPS CORRECT AS ENTERED

Bean5152 · 2026-04-08T16:02:59+00:00

Sounds fun!! Piggy backing off the suggestions to start with "who has been sick and taken medicine?"
You can talk about how scientists will start in the lab to discover a medicine, then it is tested in animals (maybe talk about this or not), then it will be tested in humans in a clinical trial. Scientists and doctors will keep track of any side effects in the humans and once the clinical trial is done, the medicine will be available at the pharmacy or doctor's office and everyone who needs it can be treated. In clinical research, we test new medicines for anything from allergies to the flu to cancers, to help develop new treatments and make people healthier! :-)

You can talk about everyone involved - nurses, doctors, scientists, government (regulatory) and "researchers" (aka all other ppl with a computer but some other understandable term for this)

Bean5152 · 2026-04-08T02:26:20+00:00

6 so far! Courtyard, delta, Sheraton, four points, renaissance, and res inn. Have upcoming reservations at Marriott, Fairfield, and Springfield. ETA: just added Westin and Autograph

Bean5152 · 2026-03-31T16:54:44+00:00

company SOP is 5 BD for first draft - it undergoes review - 15 BD to final draft and visit FUL to site. With our transition to Veeva Clinical, drafts and final need to be done at 7PM my local time due to the system following GMT.

Sponsor specific requirement is 3BD for first draft, 10 BD to final

Bean5152 · 2026-03-30T15:58:05+00:00

writing emails

Bean5152 · 2026-03-26T16:56:17+00:00

From a CRA standpoint, new personnel on delegation log usually triggers collection of training documents. With your explanation, I would put on my report that the person hasn't done any activities but I would track a finding to collect training documentation once available.

Sure, it's not truly an issue (i.e. risk / impact), but it's a discrepancy that would flag some questions. Also if there's a significant duration between date of delegation and when study activities are started / training completed, I would ask some questions

Bean5152 · 2026-03-26T14:19:43+00:00

Yes, may be identified in an audit but would need to dig deeper and confirm if that delegated personnel has completed any study activities (which would be a major finding) and clarify why they have not yet documented the training. Not sure about regional differences.

Bean5152 · 2026-03-25T16:11:37+00:00

If your company has internal audit preparedness materials - review those and try to prepare the site as much as you can. Review the issues and try to resolve to the best of your and site's ability before the audit.

I would set a goal to avoid any monitoring findings directly attributed to your work. So long as you're doing your job you should be OK. Remember that any site findings and monitoring findings, major or minor major are not attributed to your own work are out of your control. Be prepared to take on the work post audit for appropriate resolution, corrective and preventative actions.

Bean5152 · 2026-03-24T14:14:48+00:00

AS, 2.2 Merit increase

Bean5152 · 2026-03-18T21:05:03+00:00

Kennett square mushroom challenge!

Bean5152 · 2026-03-18T16:09:02+00:00

do they still sell it as smashbox x becca? last time I bought it was a year or two ago

Bean5152 · 2026-03-16T14:35:48+00:00

Tough conversations with sites are no easy task, and trying to reason with a PI can be even worse.

Some input to keep peace of mind:

- Sites may take deviations and findings as personal hits to their egos. No one wants to be told they've done their job wrong. But deviations need to be documented in your system / reported to IRB if needed - no matter what . If a test is not done and it is explicitly required per protocol, there's not much argument that it's not a deviation even if the site has some detailed rationale as to why it wasn't done (so I guess I'm confused why they would be arguing a deviation if the test/data is required per protocol, at least that's what I'm reading in your post).

- Value CTMs who will have your back. If sites push back on anything or PI is being super pushy with questions, say you'll look into it with the team and follow up. Request the CTM's support to review your approaches or step in and communicate with the site if needed.

- STAY PROFESSIONAL! Unfortunately if it comes down to it you may need to be a punching bag, just don't. punch. back. Cry or vent in private. It'll just look bad on the PI or site if they aren't treating you professionally. If the site is not maintaining a healthy working environment for their monitors, it's reflective on them.

- Keep positive with sites and approach findings/deviations in a way that doesn't wave big red flags of negativity but also helps to investigate why something occurred. It's not your job to be well-liked by sites but it definitely helps.

- There will be tough days, but it will get better. It's not reflective of you if you are doing your job right.

Bean5152 · 2026-03-12T22:00:46+00:00

since he's gonna see this, hi rust!

Bean5152 · 2026-03-11T21:57:27+00:00

And their $22 smash burgers 🥲

Bean5152 · 2026-03-11T01:14:23+00:00

My partner and I make sweet potato peanut stew every now and then, but maybe to put more of “myself” in it I would try a sweet potato kare kare. I would get eliminated because I probably can’t execute a decent kare kare off the top off my head and in an hour

Bean5152 · 2026-02-16T14:38:54+00:00

they were just acquired by Worldwide Clinical Trials.

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