1. Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
1820 Lancaster Street / Suite 300 / Baltimore, Maryland 21231 / 443-287-ICTR / ICTR@jhmi.edu / ictr.johnshopkins.edu
Study Coordinator Apprentice
Description:
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is seeking
motivated college graduates to participate in a two-year comprehensive training and
mentoring program for new research study coordinators. The Study Coordinator
Apprenticeship and Mentoring Program (SCAMP) will make use of the ICTR’s unique
educational programs, clinical infrastructure and expert consultative resources to develop
highly-trained, experienced and certified coordinators who are ready to enter the
workforce as a clinical research coordinator in academic medicine or pharma.
The two-year SCAMP consists of regular (bi-weekly to monthly) courses and lectures in
progressively advanced topics in research coordination; study coordinator work
assignments; weekly one-on-one mentoring meetings with the program manager, an
experienced research coordinator; and a weekly seminar or educational session with the
entire apprenticeship group. These seminars will be facilitated by the SCAMP manager
and guest senior study coordinators to help guide the discussion and problem solving.
Apprentices will also complete four courses within the Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health leading towards a certificate in the Science of Clinical Investigations (SOCI
certificate).
Throughout the program, apprentices will also attend regional meetings and classes with
the goal of obtaining the Certified Clinical Research Profession (CCRP) Certification
through the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA) and the end of the two year
program. The SCAMP will fund apprentices’ SoCRA annual membership fees, certificate
exam fees.
Apprentices will participate in work assignments that provide experiences of increasing
complexity and responsibility throughout the two years of the program. For example,
new apprentices may be assigned to shadow experienced study coordinators, or assist
clinic staff in the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Units. More experienced apprentices
might be expected to do routine study coordinator assignments like recruiting and
consenting subjects, conducting research interviews, processing biospecimens, or
completing case report forms. By the end of the two-year internship, it is expected that

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apprentices will be comfortable with tasks like protocol development, study budget
preparation, preparing and submitting IRB applications, writing consent forms, preparing
physician orders, and shadowing or assisting the regulatory personnel in the preparation
of FDA paperwork for IND/IDE submissions. Senior apprentices will also be expected to
prepare and teach some of the SCAMP classes, and to assist the SCAMP manager in
mentoring the first year apprentices.