Accreditations and Standards

How CCRPS makes clinical research training defensible under audits, hiring scrutiny, and regulatory review

CCRPS was built around a simple truth that most training programs avoid. In clinical research, credibility is not claimed. It is tested later. It is tested during monitoring visits, during query resolution, during informed consent review, during CAPA conversations, and during audits where your documentation either holds up or collapses.

Clinical research is regulated, but that does not automatically make training credible. Many people complete basic modules and still feel exposed when real responsibility arrives. They know terminology, but they cannot defend decisions. They can recite guidelines, but they cannot explain how those guidelines translate into repeatable workflows that survive inspection level scrutiny.

Accreditation and institutional standards exist to make training legible. Not as marketing. As evidence. Evidence that learning hours are documented, instruction is structured, assessment integrity exists, and curriculum outcomes align with the professional environment students will operate in.

CCRPS treats accreditation, standards alignment, instructor governance, assessment design, and credential verification as one integrated system. These elements exist for learners, employers, sponsors, CROs, academic research sites, and reviewers who care less about logos and more about one question.

Will this professional’s work hold up later when reviewed?

Institutional Identity

CCRPS operates as a professional training partner under Advanced Education Group LLC, a non degree granting postsecondary educational institution headquartered in Orem, Utah.

CCRPS provides workforce aligned certification programs designed for adult learners and clinical research professionals. CCRPS does not issue academic degrees and does not position its programs as medical licensure. Credentials are positioned accurately as professional education intended to strengthen role competence, documentation discipline, regulatory alignment, and audit readiness.

CCRPS certificates are supported by third party Continuing Professional Development accreditation where applicable, alongside URL verifiable credentials and LinkedIn badges for professional validation.

Clear institutional identity matters in clinical research because credibility fails fastest when governance is unclear. If an organization cannot be clearly described, its certificates become hard to trust in regulated environments.

Why accreditation matters in clinical research and why it is often misunderstood

In clinical research, employers and sponsors do not evaluate people by confidence. They evaluate by risk.

Accreditation does not create competence. It creates reference points. It gives reviewers a way to understand whether training was structured, hours were real, outcomes were defined, and assessments were designed to validate comprehension rather than attendance.

CCRPS treats accreditation as an accountability mechanism, not a shortcut. The purpose is to reduce uncertainty for professionals whose careers will be evaluated by documentation accuracy, safety decision making, and compliance judgment.

If your role touches informed consent, adverse event reporting, deviation management, TMF integrity, or investigator oversight, credibility is not a feeling. It is an audit trail.

Continuing Professional Development Accreditation

CCRPS programs include CPD accredited training hours across multiple certifications.

CPD accreditation verifies that training meets defined standards related to instructional design, learning objectives, assessment methodology, professional relevance, instructor oversight, and documented learning hours. CPD focuses on whether education supports applied professional growth rather than passive memorization or completion.

CCRPS uses CPD accreditation because clinical research careers evolve across roles, industries, and geographies. CPD accreditation makes learning hours and curriculum structure legible across contexts, reducing the burden on graduates to repeatedly justify the legitimacy of their training.

CPD accreditation does not guarantee employment or licensure. It confirms the education represents substantive professional learning delivered under reviewable standards.

ACE College Credit Eligibility

Select CCRPS certifications include ACE College Credit eligibility where stated within the program, designed to support learners who want formal academic recognition of their professional training.

ACE eligibility does not convert a certification into a degree. It provides an additional pathway for learners whose career trajectory benefits from documented academic equivalency.

Joint Accreditation and CME Alignment

CCRPS programs have worked with PIMED to include joint accreditation alignment with major continuing education frameworks where stated within the program, including structured CME hour recognition. CCRPS is currently revising CME credit for all 8 programs to allow for increased CME for our researchers, this will be updated in mid-to-late February 2026. 

This exists for professionals whose roles require formal continuing education recognition, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and research professionals working in regulated healthcare environments.

CCRPS is precise about this boundary. CME and continuing education credits validate structured learning hours and governance. They do not create licensure and they do not guarantee hiring outcomes.

Regulatory Standards: ICH GCP, CFR Part 11, and Real Audit Expectations

CCRPS programs are designed to align with the regulatory environment professionals operate in. That includes:

• ICH GCP E6 alignment, including E6(R3) principles where applicable

• FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance concepts for electronic systems, audit trails, and data integrity

• Operational interpretation of informed consent oversight, safety reporting, and documentation requirements

• Audit and inspection readiness behaviors grounded in real site and sponsor expectations

CCRPS does not teach regulations as trivia. CCRPS teaches how regulators and auditors interpret decisions, documentation, and oversight systems.

This difference is not academic. It is the difference between passing a quiz and surviving inspection level review.

TransCelerate Mutual Recognition and Modern GCP Expectations

CCRPS includes advanced GCP training designed to match current expectations for modernized clinical research operations, including E6(R3) focused thinking and updated quality concepts.

TransCelerate recognition is relevant because it signals alignment with contemporary, industry facing approaches to GCP implementation rather than outdated checkbox training.

Credential Verification, LinkedIn Badges, and Trust Infrastructure

In clinical research, credentials should be verifiable. Not only printable.

CCRPS certificates are issued with URL verification and a LinkedIn badge to support validation by employers, sponsors, and credentialing bodies.

Verification matters because clinical research is full of inflated certificates with unclear standards. In regulated environments, ambiguity creates risk. CCRPS reduces that risk by making credentials easier to validate

Why CCRPS Does Not Design Programs Around Minimum Thresholds

Many programs optimize for the smallest requirement needed to claim a badge. That approach creates a predictable failure pattern.

Learners complete training, then freeze during real responsibility. They know the words but cannot execute the workflow under pressure. They can cite principles but cannot defend decisions when documentation is reviewed.

CCRPS builds beyond minimum thresholds because minimum thresholds are rarely where real clinical research complexity begins.

Sponsors do not care that you completed a module. They care that your work reduces risk.

Instructor Oversight and Professional Authority

CCRPS programs are taught and built by professionals with direct clinical research, regulatory, safety, and physician level oversight experience.

Leadership and instruction across certifications include:

• Dr. Anas Malik Radif Alubaidi, MBChB, MSc
  Physician and clinical research specialist with direct experience in trial support, medical monitoring, safety oversight, investigator collaboration, and compliance aligned instruction.

• Dr. Cliff Dominy, PhD
  Senior clinical research scientist and regulatory expert with decades of experience supporting GCP compliance, inspection readiness, and quality systems across research environments.

• Morgan K. Hess Holtz, MBA, MPH, CPH
  Senior coordinator and operations leader with 20 plus years coordinating Phase I to IV trials and supporting inspection readiness, CAPA, and SOP standardization.

• Inci Gunes, RN, MSc, ACRPMC
  Clinical project manager with 10 plus years managing multi site trials across complex therapeutic areas, focused on timelines, budgets, vendor oversight, and leadership systems.

• Vinil John, MSc
  Drug safety and pharmacovigilance specialist with extensive ICSR processing and audit support experience aligned with real PV workflows.

• Dr. Michael A. Martella, DO, MEd, CPH
  Board certified physician and medical leader with investigator level accountability experience, focused on oversight, documentation defensibility, and patient safety governance.

CCRPS treats instructor authority as part of standards alignment. In clinical research, credibility increases when instruction is connected to real responsibility, not abstract theory.

What Accreditation Means at CCRPS

At CCRPS, accreditation functions as an accountability framework.

It confirms learning hours are real.
It establishes curriculum is structured and reviewed.
It supports portability and recognition across employers and institutions.
It reduces uncertainty for credentialing bodies and hiring teams.

Accreditation does not replace competence. It supports its evaluation.

The foundation remains the same. CCRPS exists to produce professionals whose work holds up under scrutiny.

For accreditation or pathway questions, contact advising@ccrps.org.

FAQ: Accreditations and Standards at CCRPS

1) What does CPD accreditation verify, and what does it not verify?

CPD accreditation verifies that a program is structured as professional education with documented learning hours, defined learning objectives, and reviewable standards for instructional design and assessment. In practical terms, it makes your training legible to employers because hours are documented, outcomes are explicit, and the program can be evaluated against recognized CPD criteria. What CPD does not do is guarantee employment, licensure, or personal competence independent of your applied work. In clinical research, competence is demonstrated through compliant execution, accurate documentation, and consistent judgment. CCRPS treats CPD as an accountability layer that supports credibility, not a substitute for performance.

2) Why does accreditation matter if clinical research is already regulated?

Because regulation governs trials, not training quality. Many professionals complete basic compliance modules and still feel exposed when real responsibility arrives. Accreditation helps reviewers understand whether your education had structure, governance, assessment integrity, and documented learning hours. In regulated environments, credibility is often evaluated indirectly through training defensibility. If your education cannot be clearly described, it becomes harder for employers to trust your readiness. CCRPS uses accreditation and standards alignment to reduce uncertainty, not to imply guaranteed outcomes.

3) What is the difference between “a certificate” and a verifiable credential?

A certificate can be printed by anyone. A verifiable credential can be validated. In clinical research, verification matters because hiring teams and sponsors often see inflated certificates with unclear standards. CCRPS certificates include URL verification and professional badge visibility to support legitimacy checks. This is not branding. It is trust infrastructure. It reduces the friction graduates face when employers want proof that training was real, structured, and issued by an accountable institution.

4) Does CCRPS provide academic degrees or medical licensure?

No. CCRPS is a professional training provider. It does not issue academic degrees and it does not provide clinical licensure. Programs are positioned accurately as workforce aligned certification education intended to strengthen role competence, documentation discipline, regulatory alignment, and audit readiness. This clarity is intentional because credibility erodes quickly in healthcare adjacent industries when training organizations blur boundaries or imply authority they do not hold.

5) What standards does CCRPS emphasize beyond accreditation logos?

CCRPS emphasizes operational defensibility. That includes ICH GCP alignment, informed consent execution discipline, AE and SAE workflow clarity, ALCOA C documentation behavior, deviation and CAPA thinking, TMF integrity concepts, and Part 11 data integrity awareness. These standards matter because they map directly to what gets reviewed later during monitoring, audits, and inspections. Accreditation makes structure legible. Standards alignment makes training relevant. CCRPS is built to deliver both.

6) Why does CCRPS say it builds beyond minimum thresholds?

Because minimum thresholds rarely match real job pressure. Many programs teach enough to pass a quiz, then graduates struggle in the field because they were not trained for decision making under scrutiny. CCRPS builds beyond minimum thresholds to develop repeatable judgment, not superficial familiarity. In clinical research, credibility is earned through consistent, defensible work. Programs are designed to create professionals whose documentation and decisions survive review, not professionals who simply completed modules.

7) How should employers interpret CPD hours, CME credits, and ACE eligibility?

They should interpret them as evidence of structured learning hours delivered under governance standards. CPD hours validate professional education. CME credits validate continuing education recognition where applicable. ACE eligibility provides an additional academic recognition pathway where stated. None of these replace job performance. They make training legible. They reduce uncertainty. They provide a reviewable signal that education was substantial rather than improvised. CCRPS treats these systems as credibility scaffolding, not promises.

8) Who should I contact if I have accreditation or pathway questions?

For accreditation questions, program fit, or pathway guidance, contact advising@ccrps.org. The most useful way to ask is to include your current background, the role you want next, and the environment you want to work in, such as site, CRO, sponsor, academic, or PV. CCRPS will respond with clarity aligned to accurate representation, meaning guidance will be direct, conservative, and standards based rather than sales language.