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Episode 2: How Measuring Readiness at Training Predicts Trial Risk Before It Shows Up in the Data

The earliest signs of trial risk may appear before the first patient is ever enrolled. Training completion tells you who finished. It does not necessarily tell you who is prepared to execute the protocol. In the second episode of The Human Side of Clinical Trials, Brian S. McGowan, PhD, FACEHP, chief learning

Introducing The Human Side of Clinical Trials

A new conversation about clinical trial performance starts here. Published by Applied Clinical Trials and sponsored by ArcheMedX, the new podcast series explores a simple but often overlooked reality: every clinical trial depends on human performance. In the first episode, Brian S. McGowan, PhD, FACEHP, chief learning officer and co-founder of ArcheMedX,

The Earliest Warning Sign: How Measuring Readiness at Training Predicts Trial Risk Before It Shows Up in the Data

Most protocol deviations start as human problems, not operational ones, but risk-based monitoring typically relies on lagging indicators that arrive too late to prevent these problems instead of measuring readiness during training, when intervention still matters. This article was first posted March 11, 2026 in Applied Clinical Trials Volume 35, Issue 2: 4-01-2026 “Readiness, measured during

What We Think We Know: How Overconfidence Derails Clinical Trials

In clinical research, where accuracy, coordination, and compliance are non-negotiable, the greatest threat isn’t always a lack of knowledge. Sometimes, it’s the mistaken belief that we already understand more than we do.  This article was first posted June 11, 2025 in Applied Clinical Trials Volume 34, Issue 3: 06-01-2025 This cognitive bias,