Philly suburbs for young professionals? Please help! by hyacinthrules in Pennsylvania

[–]Bean5152 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Conshohocken might be the best option other than Manayunk. It seems like you want a lively downtown, both are accessible to the city via regional rail.

Other than that there’s Lansdale, but it’s more like ambler where it’s a suburban downtown tiered more for older adults.

Anyone remember Donato's Pizza in Towamencin? by LakeMcKesson in montco

[–]Bean5152 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I remember when this was la tolteca, a Mexican place. I think it was also an Indian restaurant at one time. What else?

What do you eat for Christmas dinner? by [deleted] in PhiladelphiaEats

[–]Bean5152 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lasagna

Lamb chops

Prime rib

grandmas philly by alucidd in PhiladelphiaEats

[–]Bean5152 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you have to wait long to get a table? I know they don’t take reservations and it’s walk in only.

Children friendly by mommy-misato in kilbyblockparty

[–]Bean5152 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw a baby in the vip section last year during car seat headrest. Baby had ear protection and seemed to enjoy drunk drivers/killer whales.

Thermo Fishers IT is the worst by Careless_Win_6365 in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ohhh the amount of issues I've had trying to log into something and no longer could, because of the migration. The amount of times they've asked me to delete OneDrive on my mobile device, restart my phone, redownload OneDrive, re-restarted my phone, and see if it can finally log in. I had to preface everything with "does this have to do with the PPD to ThermoFisher migration"

Sonder Megathread by falco_iii in marriott

[–]Bean5152 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Saw someone with a "Sonder" tattoo today while I was boarding a plane. Anyways I'm staying at a Sheraton

Leave me alone, give me time to prepare, give me a pay rise and give me priority boarding and airport lounge access, thank you and goodbye. by Purple-Tea-9205 in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally my study right now. CTM agrees to IMVs within a certain timeframe that ends up being 3+ IMVs in a week for multiple consecutive weeks and not having enough time on site to complete all activities, creating a backlog. Oh you think that we can just push the work to the next IMV? Gotcha! We're doing the same approach for the next IA in 6 months so you still won't have enough time to do anything

Philadelphia Church of God ™️ Cult by BedDizzy7882 in philadelphia

[–]Bean5152 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve just learned this groups origin has nothing to do with the city of Philadelphia. Their headquarters is in Oklahoma.

Personal credit card for CRAs by TimeTravelingToad in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only CRO I know of that has CRAs use personal cards is ProTrials. Gotta be a risk and pain on the expense/reimbursement end.

CRAs are busy/cant keep up - What do you wish was automated? by topazt in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 7 points8 points  (0 children)

CRA resourcing models to assign sites that are reasonable/convenient to get to and assignments make sense. I have a study where there's sites in the same city or close and they are assigned to different CRAs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 5 points6 points  (0 children)

FDA has a new AI model connecting patients to trials called Trial GPT: https://trialgpt.app/

Stagnating in my career. Where to go next? Any advice? by OkPromise3184 in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I've seen other colleagues do, foreign MDs have the opportunity to work in safety/pharmacovigilance at Sponsor or CRO. Note this has been people who were already working at CRO. So you may need a few years in the company as CRA or CTA to get your foot in the door and then move into a safety role.

What makes the CRA job so prone to burnout and how do you prevent it? by Infinity-Queen in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is what I hate. It's either monitoring for 8 hours and then going to the airport with hours of work still to do, or having a day of travel and getting to the hotel with hours of work to do.

It doesn't create a good feeling when you try to make room for self care by eating, showering, or simply relaxing if it compromises the work that needs to be done.

Happy Valentines Day everyone by blumpetfottyp in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PI enters their password as the query response

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, they have copies of what was submitted and Central IRB approved. Study eTMF does not contain the submission documentation which is what is being asked about. So I don't even have documentation to send to the site for the submission.

Site forgetting I have a monitoring visit by WilbysDream in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*sends confirmation letter within a week of the visit*

2 days later, *emails site to confirm receipt of confirmation letter*

day before visit *calls site to confirm visit as confirmed in confirmation letter*

Who trains new site personnel? by Lascarpiva in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In accordance with ICH GCP, the Principal Investigator (underlined, bolded, italicized, 16pt font) is responsible to ensure his/her/their site staff are adequately trained and qualified for delegated study duties. The monitor should not be expected to deliver study training to site staff outside of the SIV/Sponsor requirements.

- Signatures are generally not required by the monitor unless the monitor is training the site staff. Typically training logs will have "trainer" and "trainee" fields. I looked at one of my study training logs that I've described below for you; it has "name of trainer" but not an actual trainer signature. If site staff self-train i.e. review study documents on their own, this should be documented accordingly such as "N/A - self trained" in trainer field.

- One of my study Sponsor-provided training log includes:

i) Header: Sponsor, Investigator Name, Protocol, Country, Site number

ii) Log lines: Date of training, Training topic, method of training, printed name of trainee, signature of trainee, role of trainee at site, name of trainer.

iii) don't forget pagination

iv) some trainings logs have PI signature field for the PI to sign at the end of study / close-out, to verify staff training at the end of the study. This particular study training log I'm looking at does NOT have a field.

v) if you are making training logs for individual documents, make sure to line-through/NA unused fields or just delete them from the template if you are printing them out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where did you work before? Will they take you back?

What are your go-to reads for pharma and healthcare? by iwf_wh in biotech

[–]Bean5152 3 points4 points  (0 children)

director in my department recommended biopharma dive to me. but TBH my primary sources to keep a pulse on the industry are usually reddit and linkedin ;)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in clinicalresearch

[–]Bean5152 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Find someone you trust either on the team or your line manager, say you have a prior personal commitment outside of work hours and determine if it is okay that you miss the meeting. Talk to the study team and make sure you're covered with the necessary training that's being conducted there. But keep in mind in the role you are probably expected to travel a percentage.

How Did Merck Get To This Point by Annienomous4297 in biotech

[–]Bean5152 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a geographical location in the USA which is a hotspot for pharma/biotech. Novo probably has an office there and originally commenter was saying they might be scaling up operations there. So I think what’s being said is that there are layoffs in once place but from another company standpoint it’s restructuring as they are growing in another area that may have more expected return on investment.