Start your career in clinical research with this entry-level Professional Certificate from Microsoft. You'll learn to coordinate clinical trials, manage study data, ensure regulatory compliance, and support participant engagement using Microsoft 365 tools, including Excel, Teams, SharePoint, Word, and PowerPoint.
This program takes you from understanding the fundamentals of drug and device development through the regulatory, ethical, and operational skills that clinical research coordinators use every day. You'll practice scheduling study visits, handling informed consent, resolving data queries, and maintaining GCP-compliant documentation through realistic scenarios and hands-on activities.
By the end, you'll have a portfolio-ready capstone project demonstrating your ability to support a clinical trial from startup through early enrollment.
This program is designed for learners with no prior clinical research experience who want to break into the field as a Clinical Research Coordinator or Clinical Research Manager. It's ideal for recent graduates in health sciences, life sciences, or related fields, as well as career changers seeking a structured path into pharmaceutical, biotech, or CRO environments. No coding or advanced science background is required.
Applied Learning Project
Throughout this program, you'll complete hands-on projects that mirror real clinical research coordinator tasks. You'll assemble a regulatory compliance and documentation package using Microsoft Word and SharePoint for a simulated trial site. You'll create a study design and GCP compliance framework, including research questions, methodology alignment, ethics documentation, and GCP checklists, using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You'll also build a study operational coordination plan with visit schedules, data handling procedures, and communication tracking in Excel and Teams. These portfolio-ready deliverables demonstrate your job readiness to prospective employers in pharmaceutical, biotech, and CRO settings.
