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Merry Christmas! Especially to everyone in the clinical research community. You rock!
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The most underrated superpower in clinical research? Setting realistic timelines during the SIV.

The ones who over-promise? They're the ones drowning in unrealistic expectations three months later.

Your site's capacity is what it is. Naming it upfront isn't difficult, it's professional.

Some days: phlebotomist delays, changing I/E criteria, screening calls that end in rejection. I used to blame myself. The truth? The system prioritizes compliance over efficiency, leaving manual work that delays patients.

I still think about the woman who almost cried during screening. An hour long call and a medical records check revealed that her labs were slightly outside range. An hour of her hope - gone. Should have been caught during prescreening.

When I was a coordinator, I noticed that my teammates kept asking me questions about the study they could've looked up.

Then I realized - it was genuinely faster to walk over and ask me than to dig through 4 different systems and a 200-page protocol.

I used to think I failed at study startup. Then I realized: this isn't personal failure. It's just startup in clinical research.

You're not drowning because you're not good enough. You're drowning because the process IS overwhelming.

If you're in startup chaos right now - you're doing great.

The thing about monitor visits nobody tells you: block 30-60 min AFTER they leave.

That's when the actual work happens - updating tracking logs, filing new source docs, addressing action items while they're fresh.

What's your post-visit routine look like?

44% of Clinical Research Coordinators score high on emotional exhaustion scales.

This isn't just an HR statistic. It's a retention crisis hiding in plain sight.

Here's what's changing in how we think about burnout: open.substack.com/pub/maxoutpu...