Continuing Education Opportunities and Professional Development
The Center for Workforce Development (CWD) provides continuing professional education and development to practitioners in health and human services fields such as nursing, public health, and social work. CWD facilitates workshops, seminars, short courses and online programs that meet the needs of the local workforce, while connecting students and faculty with industry professionals.
New classes start every two weeks on the 1st or 15th of the month through December 2020 Price: $12
Nurses in medical settings care more frequently for patients who need significant psychiatric care that are housed outside of the psychiatric unit in the hospital. These nurses often state they are not well prepared for this kind of work. The College of Health and Human Services at UNC Wilmington is pleased to host this online continuing education opportunity in partnership with the School of Nursing for practicing nurses and students. This course aims to increase nurses’ skills and knowledge of handling psychiatric patients in medical settings.
New classes start every two weeks on the 1st or 15th of the month through December 2020 Price: $749
Begin a career in the rapidly expanding clinical research industry. Learn the key components of clinical trial operations and earn a Professional Certificate of Completion in Clinical Research Foundations from FuseCR. This 24-hour online certificate program is designed for anyone interested in learning more about clinical trials from a career perspective.
We utilized six clinical research professionals in various fields with more than 140 years of collective experience in the industry. These instructors collaborated to produce an introduction and overview of clinical trial operations. We offer this course from a career perspective and provide resources to help participants break into the industry.
100% of participants said that the course was a good value for money.
Fast Track provided me [with] insight into the clinical research industry, the different critical components, functional areas and career opportunities available."
This knowledge allowed me to decide which position would be the best fit for my business background and career aspirations."
New classes start every two weeks on the 1st or 15th of the month through December 2020 Price: $600
This online 12-hour foundational course in clinical data management provides an overview of key regulations, guidance, and industry standards that apply to data management. Participants will learn common clinical data management roles, documents, and the project life cycle.
This certificate program is unique because students will practically apply their knowledge and learn the core tasks of data entry, data review, and query management in the data management system, Medidata Solutions. Students will earn digital and portable Medidata Rave EDC certificates as they complete e-learnings and a certificate of completion from UNCW.
Students will gain access to the MediED clinical data management system and will perform hands-on tasks to receive certification from UNCW and digital badges from Medidata Rave. Following successful completion of the course, students will be invited to join Medidata’s MediED Alumni LinkedIn for updates on technology advancements and updated trainings.
Linda Shostak has more than 18 years of experience in clinical research in the areas of data management, quality assurance, and project management. She is currently an instructor at UNC Wilmington and Senior Director of Biometrics Optimization and Training at Syneos Health. Shostak has participated in numerous clinical research studies in the areas of oncology, general medicine and rare diseases. She teaches data management to both undergraduate and graduate students in the UNCW Clinical Research program.
