Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium, Patients Coordinator Services

Summary:

Patient Coordinator Services is responsible for scheduling the subjects for the research-related appointments; her goal is to facilitate the participation of the subjects in the clinical studies in collaboration with the research staff and the investigators.

People:

• PI: Rodríguez, Rafael
  

Member: Maldonado, Madeline
Role: Patient Coordinator

Resources:

Services

• Data collection form design service ( Support service )
  

  Includes assistance with the design of data collection forms.

• Patients study service ( Support service )
  

  Includes explaining the patients study, including the inclusion and exclusion criteria, assign appointments to research participants, and and follow-up.

• Promotional ads service ( Support service )
  

  Includes educating the PI about the requirements needed to prepare the promotional ads for newspaper and radio.

• Scheduling service ( Support service )
  

  Schedule appointments to separate examination, procedures and infusion room.

• Screening service ( Support service )
  

  Includes both pre-screening and screening of possible participants for clinical studies, development of phone screen questionnaires, and screening telephone referrals during the recruitment period, maintaining a close communication with the investigators to keep them well oriented about the status of the clinical study screening.

Web Links:

• http://prctrc.rcm.upr.edu/researchers