List of providers of courses on research ethics and GCP recognized by swissethics

swissethics strongly recommends that GCP knowledge is maintained through regular research activity, e.g. by conducting clinical trials, attending training courses in research or GCP refresher courses.

As part of a “sponsor-investigator” clinical trial, investigators can take on the role and responsibility of sponsors if they have completed both the module for investigators and the one for sponsor-investigators. The training module for sponsor-investigators is only offered to persons who have previously completed a recognized module for investigators.

Individuals are advised to contact the course provider directly to find out which and training modules they need to complete in order to meet the requirements. This clarification is necessary because some course providers organize a separate module for sponsor-investigators, while others offer both modules (“Investigator” and “Sponsor-Investigator”) in a single course.

Training on Swiss legislations is normally intergrated in the GCP course modules for "Investigator" and "Sponsor-Investigator", unless indicated otherwise. TRREE offers a dedicated online course module on the Swiss legislation that can be taken independently from the GCP course modules.

All GCP certificates issued by the following course providers after January 1, 2016 are valid, but the ethics committees can require researchers to repeat a GCP training course if they deem that that the knowledge is not adequate for the investigator or sponsor-investigator role.

Research Ethics and GCP courses no more recognised by swissethics

The following GCP courses are no longer recognised. All GCP certificates issued by the following course providers after January 1, 2016, and up to the validity period indicated in the table remain valid. GCP certificates issued before January 1, 2016 are no longer accepted.

swissethics strongly recommends that the knowledge is maintained by regular research activity, e.g. by conducting clinical trials, attending continuing education related to research or GCP refresher courses, being exposed to GCP inspection etc. The Ethics Committees can request the researchers to re-take a GCP course, if the Ethics Committees consider the knowledge has not been maintained.

Course providers can apply for recognition of their courses by swissethics according to the new learning objectives.