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Clinical Research Entry Program (CREP)

Do not just learn clinical research. Perform the work.

A hands-on program for people moving into clinical research.

You learn clinical research by doing it. You work inside one simulated study, produce five pieces of real work, take a final challenge on your own, and then explain your decisions to a reviewer.

  • Week 0 onboarding plus six instructional weeks
  • Fall 2026: 28-SEP-2026 to 14-NOV-2026
  • Early bird $2,697, standard $2,997
  • Application reviewed before enrollment. No payment when you apply.

At a glance

A focused entry program with a clear evidence path.

The whole program in four facts. You practice real clinical research work in a simulated trial, and a person reviews what you produce.

How long
7 weeks total: 1 onboarding week, then 6 learning weeks
How you learn
A live session every week, plus hands-on work and your own study time
What you produce
5 reviewed work samples and 1 final challenge
How it is judged
You explain your work to a human reviewer, who decides what counts as verified

The difference

Knowing the rules is not the same as doing the work.

Learn the rules

What a protocol asks of you, who does what, how paperwork is kept, and how patient safety is protected.

Make real decisions

You work through the same calls a coordinator has to make, inside a simulated trial, instead of just memorising answers.

Leave something to show

You produce real work, get written feedback on it, and know exactly what you did well and what still needs practice.

Digital Standardized Trial

One made-up clinical trial runs through the whole program.

Glycoterra is a clinical trial we invented, and you work inside it the whole way through. You handle the real things a study runs on: the protocol, consent forms, patient notes, visits, study drug, safety reports, lab results, the database, queries and emails.

It is for learning and assessment. It is not a job, and it never appears as work experience on your record.

A clinical monitor comparing site data on a laptop against a printed source binder during a remote review

How learning becomes evidence

The same simple loop, every week.

  1. 01

    Benchmark

    See where you are starting from, and what you need to work on.

  2. 02

    Learn

    Learn what you need for the task in front of you.

  3. 03

    Perform

    Do the work and make the decisions inside a realistic simulated study.

  4. 04

    Document

    Write it up so someone can see how you got there.

  5. 05

    Defend

    Talk a reviewer through your decisions, live.

  6. 06

    Verify

    Only the areas that meet every condition are recorded as verified.

  7. 07

    Plan Next Step

    Leave knowing exactly what to practice next.

Curriculum

One week to get set up, then six weeks of work.

Developmental evidence

Five pieces of work that show how you think.

Week 1

Protocol and Trial Context

Read the Glycoterra protocol extract and explain what the study is asking the site to do, who owns which decision, and where the schedule of assessments governs day to day work.

You get written feedback on this. It is practice work, not verified evidence.

Week 2

Regulatory and Site Readiness Case

Work a Glycoterra start-up package and state what is complete, what is missing and what must be corrected before the site can be activated.

You get written feedback on this. It is practice work, not verified evidence.

Week 3

Consent and Site Operations Case

Review a consent encounter and the site's operational records, then document what happened, what is defensible and what must be re-consented or corrected.

You get written feedback on this. It is practice work, not verified evidence.

Week 4

Source-to-EDC Practicum

Take a Glycoterra participant from review through eligibility, visit documentation, data entry, an incoming query, query resolution and identification of a documentation issue or deviation.

You get written feedback on this. It is practice work, not verified evidence.

Week 5

Safety and Deviation Case

Work a safety event through site assessment, reporting and escalation, then take the associated deviation through root cause and a proportionate corrective action.

You get written feedback on this. It is practice work, not verified evidence.

Week 6

An independent final challenge, then you explain your work to a reviewer.

A new case, on your own

One situation that pulls together everything: the protocol, who can join the study, consent, patient notes, the database, queries, safety, mistakes and the paperwork behind it all.

You confirm it is yours

Before you start, you confirm the work you hand in is your own and can be reviewed.

Verification review

A 20 to 30 minute live conversation with a reviewer. You talk through what you decided and why, and answer their questions. Nothing is marked verified before that conversation.

Completion and verification

Finishing the program and being verified are two different things.

To complete the program

  • You finish the required work and hand it in
  • You attend at least 80% of the live sessions, or make them up with approval
  • You take the final challenge and the verification review
  • You get a completion certificate once the published requirements are met

To be marked verified in one area

  • A top score in that area
  • Your reasoning holding up in the verification review
  • No serious mistake left unresolved
  • Confirmation the work is genuinely yours
  • A reviewer signing it off

Verification is never guaranteed and cannot be bought. It only ever covers the work we actually looked at.

What you leave with

What you take away, and what each thing means.

  • A picture of where your skills stand at the start
  • A map of the roles your skills point toward
  • A casebook holding all the work you produced
  • Five pieces of work, each with written feedback
  • Your result from the final challenge
  • The outcome of your verification review, decided by a person
  • Verified evidence in your Competency Passport, where you earned it
  • A plan of what to practice next, written for you
  • Career Readiness Review
  • Professional Resume Revamp for one primary target role
  • LinkedIn Profile Revamp
  • Personalized Interview Preparation Strategy
  • 90 days of Competency Labs access from cohort start
  • One year of Premium BORAKA Network from activation at program completion

Career Launch Package

Help getting ready to apply for jobs, included in your tuition.

The Career Launch Package is included in CREP tuition at no additional cost.

Career Readiness Review

A one to one session on where you stand and what to do next. You keep the recommendation.

Professional Resume Revamp

We rewrite your resume for one target role. You review the draft, we send the final version.

LinkedIn Profile Revamp

We rewrite your LinkedIn profile. You review the draft, we send the final version.

Personalized Interview Preparation Strategy

A written plan for your interviews: what to expect, and how to answer it.

One year of Premium BORAKA Network

Turned on when you finish the program, and runs for twelve months.

  • Also included: 90 days of Competency Labs access from the cohort start date
  • Also included: 12 months of Premium BORAKA Network from activation at program completion

Career and job search execution, including managed applications and reverse recruiting, is not included in CREP and remains a separate optional service.

Access windows

What you get access to, and for how long.

Competency Labs

90 days of access, counted from the day your cohort starts.

Premium BORAKA Network

12 months, starting when you finish the program. You can see the end date in your account.

Who CREP is for

Is CREP right for you?

CREP is probably a fit if you are

  • Coming into clinical research from healthcare, science, operations or another field
  • Already in clinical research but want firmer ground under you
  • Ready to show up live each week, do the work, take feedback and sit an assessment on your own
  • Looking for proof of what you can actually do

CREP is not a fit if you want

  • Videos to watch in your own time with no live work
  • A promise of a job, or someone to apply to jobs for you
  • A certificate for turning up or for paying
  • Something that replaces what employers ask for, official qualifications or real work experience

Fall 2026

Your Fall 2026 dates.

Early bird
September 19 to 27, 2026
Week 0
September 28 to October 4, 2026
Instruction begins
October 5, 2026
Instruction ends
November 14, 2026
Fall 2026 weekly schedule, including live Competency Studio dates, Applied Practicum windows and evidence work due
WeekDatesFocusLive Competency StudioApplied PracticumEvidence work
Week 028-SEP-2026 to 04-OCT-2026Orientation, Benchmark and Career Direction30-SEP-2026
Program orientation and integrity briefing
01-OCT-2026 to 04-OCT-2026
Glycoterra study orientation walkthrough
None due
Week 105-OCT-2026 to 11-OCT-2026Trial Foundations and Protocol Literacy07-OCT-2026
Protocol anatomy and the schedule of assessments
08-OCT-2026 to 11-OCT-2026
Glycoterra protocol orientation
Protocol and Trial Context
due 11-OCT-2026
Week 212-OCT-2026 to 18-OCT-2026Ethics, Regulatory and Study Startup14-OCT-2026
Regulatory obligations and the startup package
15-OCT-2026 to 18-OCT-2026
Glycoterra site startup review
Regulatory and Site Readiness Case
due 18-OCT-2026
Week 319-OCT-2026 to 25-OCT-2026Participant Protection and Site Operations21-OCT-2026
Consent conversations and defensible documentation
22-OCT-2026 to 25-OCT-2026
Glycoterra consent and site file review
Consent and Site Operations Case
due 25-OCT-2026
Week 426-OCT-2026 to 01-NOV-2026Participant Visits, Source and EDC28-OCT-2026
ALCOA+ and good documentation practice
29-OCT-2026 to 01-NOV-2026
Source-to-EDC participant loop in Glycoterra
Source-to-EDC Practicum
due 01-NOV-2026
Week 502-NOV-2026 to 08-NOV-2026Safety, Deviations and Quality04-NOV-2026
Safety assessment and escalation timelines
05-NOV-2026 to 08-NOV-2026
Glycoterra safety event and deviation
Safety and Deviation Case
due 08-NOV-2026
Week 609-NOV-2026 to 14-NOV-2026Integrated Clinical Trial Operations11-NOV-2026
Challenge briefing and integrity attestation
12-NOV-2026 to 14-NOV-2026
Clinical Trial Operations Challenge
None due

Clinical Trial Operations Challenge

Opens
09-NOV-2026
Submission due
14-NOV-2026
Length
180 minutes, independent

After you submit, you book a 20 to 30 minute verification review: a live conversation where you talk a reviewer through the decisions you made and why. Your time is confirmed in writing.

Each live Competency Studio runs on the Wednesday of its week. The confirmed start time, and your verification review time, are in your written enrollment instructions.

Time commitment

  • One live Competency Studio each week, on the Wednesday of that week.
  • One Evidence Task in each of Weeks 1 to 5, with written feedback.
  • Independent work in the Glycoterra simulated trial between studios.
  • A 180-minute independent final challenge in Week 6.
  • A 20 to 30 minute verification review: you explain your decisions to a reviewer, live.

Tuition

Two prices. Pay once, or in three payments.

Early bird

$2,697

Pay in full

$1,049 × 3

Total $3,147

Standard

$2,997

Pay in full

$1,149 × 3

Total $3,447

Early-bird tuition is available through September 27, 2026, or until the first 8 approved and enrolled participants, whichever comes first.

Enrolled means the application is approved, the enrollment agreement is completed, and the first required tuition payment is received.

Application approval is required. Submitting an application alone does not reserve a seat or early-bird pricing. We confirm the exact amount in writing before you pay anything.

Apply for Fall 2026

Application and enrollment

What happens after you apply.

  1. 01

    You send your application

  2. 02

    We read it and decide within 48 hours

  3. 03

    If you are accepted, we email your enrollment instructions and payment link

  4. 04

    You sign, pay, and start Week 0

Applying is not an offer of a place, does not hold a seat, and costs nothing.

What CREP does not claim

What CREP does not promise.

CREP does not

  • It is not a legal or regulatory qualification
  • It does not guarantee a job, a salary, a promotion or how you will perform
  • It does not replace an employer's own judgment, interviews or requirements
  • Finishing the program does not by itself make your skills verified
  • It says nothing about skills we did not assess

People we have worked with

People who moved into clinical research with us.

These are their own words, shared with their permission. They worked with us through our career coaching and earlier programs, not CREP. Their results are theirs, and are not a promise of yours.

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Questions

Questions people ask before applying.

Fall 2026 applications

Build the foundation. Perform the work. Keep the evidence.

We read every application and email you a decision within 48 hours. Nothing is charged when you apply.

Apply for Fall 2026