Abstract Background: The role of CRC is crucial for the success of clinical trials. However, a lot of health care providers are not fully aware of the roles and responsibilities of CRC.
Purpose: To explore the awareness of health care providers in MENA region about roles and responsibilities of CRC.
Method: A qualitative study was conducted using survey monkey software between17th of February 2015, and 18th of January 2018, where 103 health care providers from different regions and specialties completed the survey.
Results: 80.81 % of respondents claimed that they were aware of GCP Guidelines. GCP certified respondents represented 50.51 % of study population. Respondents were asked about 28 tasks if they belong to responsibilities of clinical research coordinator in conducting clinical research, and they indicated their level of agreement or disagreement on a Likert scale. The mean percentage of the right answers of nurses was 50.89 %, followed by clinical research specialties “CRAs and CRCs” (47.62 %), pharmacists (41.67 %), and MD/PhD (37.14 %). However, the results were not statistically significant (p= 0.19).
Conclusion: A higher level of awareness about GCP guidelines and CRC job description is required.
Keywords Clinical Research Coordinator, Healthcare provider, Clinical research, Good Clinical Practice guidelines.