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— ABOUT GLOBALCORE

Do you want to study with us?

CPD-Certified Credentials That Travel With You. Every GlobalCore certification is CPD-accredited and globally portable. Your certificate is recognized by pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, hospital trial offices, regulatory authorities, and ethics committees across North America, the GCC, Africa, and APAC.
You earn it once. You use it anywhere.
  • Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Professional Certification — 15 CPD hours
  • Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) Professional Certification — 12 CPD hours
  • Regulatory Affairs Foundations plus region-specific specializations for North America, the GCC, Africa, and APAC — 12 CPD hours per track

Why Study With GlobalCore?

Where careers in clinical research are built — by the people who run the trials.
Choosing where to train is one of the most consequential decisions in a clinical research career.
The wrong program teaches you the regulations.
The right one teaches you what to do with them.
GlobalCore Clinical Research Academy was built by Clinical Research Advancement (CRA), a working contract research organization with 25+ years of collective trial delivery experience — and every course in our catalog reflects that origin.
You don't just learn what the standards say. You learn how working clinical research and regulatory affairs professionals apply them, document them, defend them in audits, and use them to move therapies to patients.
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A Curriculum Built From Real Clinical Trials

Most online clinical research programs teach from generic case studies and academic frameworks.
GlobalCore teaches from real trial source material: actual monitoring findings, real protocol deviations, real CAPAs, real sponsor queries, real regulatory submissions.Every module is shaped by working clinical research and regulatory affairs clinicians who have led end-to-end trial delivery - across the U.S., the GCC, Africa, and emerging markets.When the standards change, our content changes. Curriculum is updated to current ICH-GCP, FDA, EMA, GCC, and African regulatory guidance - so the skills you graduate with are the skills the industry needs today.

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Training designed and delivered by the professionals running today's clinical studies.

GlobalCore is the only clinical research academy designed and delivered by a working CRO. Every course, case study, and credential reflects how sponsors, hospitals, and regulators actually operate — across North America, the GCC, Africa, and beyond. Learn from clinicians delivering real-world clinical research — and the enriched toolkit that takes you from learner to working professional:

  • Easy Platform

    12 months of platform access from enrollment date — learn at your speed, on your schedule.
    Mobile and desktop access — study anywhere

  • Best Service

    Mentor support from working CRAs, CRCs, and regulatory affairs specialists

  • Expert Professionals

    Detailed presentations, downloadable resources, and trial-based case studies at every step. Mobile and desktop access — study anywhere
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Choose your clinical research career path.

Five structured tracks for CRAs, CRCs, and Regulatory teams - with CPD-certified learning, practical templates.

CRA Certification

Entry-to-mid level CRAs, site monitors, professionals moving into sponsor or CRO roles

CRC Certification

Clinical coordinators, research nurses, hospital trial office staff, study coordinators

Regulatory Affairs — Foundations

Anyone entering RA, plus a prerequisite for the GCC and Africa regional tracks

Regulatory Affairs — GCC

RA professionals working across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman

Regulatory Affairs — Africa

RA professionals targeting NAFDAC, EAC-MRH, SAHPRA, and emerging market regulators

Bundle multiple programs and save.

Save up to 25% when you bundle tracks. Choose Clinical Operations (CRA + CRC), Global Regulatory Affairs (Foundations + GCC + Africa), or the Complete Career Bundle (all 5 tracks).

Sponsors and Corporations

Build trained, audit-ready clinical research teams across the GCC, Africa, and beyond. Custom cohorts, sponsor-branded learning paths, and engagement-based pricing.

Hospitals and Sites

Equip coordinators, research nurses, and trial office staff with CPD-certified credentials - and become a site sponsors actively seek out.

CROs

Standardize CRA, CRC, and RA teams with cohort enrollment, cohort reporting, and a curriculum tailored to your trial portfolio.

The simple version

Our courses are open to anyone curious about clinical research — no prior experience required. Whether you're an entry-level learner exploring the field, a healthcare professional pivoting into clinical trials, or a working CRA, CRC, or regulatory specialist adding CPD hours, you'll find a track built for where you are.

Beginners welcome

No prerequisites for CRC and RA Foundations

Career pivoters

Nurses, pharmacists, life sciences graduates, project managers, compliance leads

Working professionals

CRAs, CRCs, regulatory specialists adding CPD hours or specializing

— Is This for You?

If you can see yourself in any of these, you're in the right place.

  • If you're curious about clinical research but have no experience — this is for you. Our CRC and RA Foundations courses start at the beginning, no prerequisites required.
  • If you're a nurse, pharmacist, medical assistant, or lab tech ready for a career pivot — this is for you. Your healthcare background gives you a head start; we'll teach you the trial side.
  • If you're a life sciences, pharmacy, nursing, or public health graduate looking for your first role — this is for you. CPD certification is the credential employers look for.
  • If you're already a CRC and want to become a CRA — this is for you. Our CRA track is the proven path from site coordinator to clinical research associate.
  • If you're a working CRA, CRC, or regulatory specialist who needs CPD hours — this is for you. Every course is CPD-accredited and counts toward your annual professional development.
  • If you're a project manager, compliance officer, or quality lead from another industry — this is for you. Your skills transfer; the certifications open the door.
  • If you're a consultant, contractor, or freelancer building credibility with clients — this is for you. CPD certification signals you've trained to international standards.
  • If you're a founder building a CRO, research site, or healthtech company — this is for you. Train yourself and your first hires on the workflows sponsors expect.
  • If you're an investigator or PI taking on your first sponsor study — this is for you. RA Foundations gives you the regulatory fluency to lead with confidence.
  • If you've been told you need more experience to break in — this is for you. CPD certification is how you show up credentialed on day one.
Open to learners in 180+ countries. No prior experience required. CPD-certified training designed to make you sponsor-ready, employer-ready, and career-ready.

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