„Teaching the Future“

Medicine is a highly complex science. There is barely any other discipline that undergoes faster developments and greater challenges. Lifelong learning is a pre-condition for continuing progress.

The Vienna School of Clinical Research VSCR offers students and graduates access to international networks and teaches how to perform clinical research according to international guidelines and global ethical principles. Besides compulsory attendance at the courses, e-learning enables global access to training and teaching modules worldwide.

Doctors can access the training programme during their night shifts. Early birds can learn while drinking their morning coffee. The VSCR courses take a new approach to adult teaching; they are interactive, practice-oriented and offer accredited certificates after successfully passed exams.

In 2003, the VSCR started “The Flying School”. It co-operates with international Organisations such as the EU, EDCTP (European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership), universities, international pharmaceutical industry and others. 150 lecturers from more than 40 different countries across the world teach on behalf and in the spirit of the VSCR in countries like the USA, Romania, Malawi, Russia … One of the primary goals of these academically accredited courses is to raise clinical research quality standards in countries of the developing world. The VSCR delivers the knowledge even to those places where there is a need for it.

The VSCR sees itself as a competence centre for a new way of knowledge transfer and knowledge exchange in one of the most important research disciplines to improve the quality of our lives. In co-operation with the most renowned universities wordwide, the VSCR has set itself the goal to raise clinical research standards to the highest quality and ethical level possible.

The course modules have been designed to offer a broad range of subjects within clinical research to as many different disciplines working within this field as possible. The courses and diploma programmes are relevant to:

• Academic Researchers
• Investigative Staff – Physicians, Nurses and Support Staff
• Industry / Personnel – Clinical Research Associates, Industry Physicians
• Contract Research Organisations
• Ethics Committee Members
• Healthcare Decision Makers
• Regulators
• Payers / Insurance

Applicants must be fluent in written and spoken English and have to submit a detailed curriculum vitae together with the registration form.
Individuals who agree to specific terms are invited to apply for a scholarship.

For further information turn to www.vscr.at . The VSCR is an international non-profit organisation devoted to the education of clinical researchers.

Students from all over the world come to Vienna to attend the seminars of the VSCR and in addition VSCR travels around the world as “The Flying School”. They cooperates with partners in different fields to provide the best services like online learning, destination management, travel management and social events. The VSCR combines the forces and interests of the public and private sectors as well as of partner universities into a so-called “public-private-academic partnership”. This network provides unique opportunities for all stakeholders in medical research. The final goal is to achieve good and affordable medical care for all human beings.