Tag : human behavior

Episode 3: Why Fuzzy Mental Models Undermine Clinical Trial Execution

A well-written protocol does not guarantee a shared understanding of how to execute it.Clinical trial professionals rarely approach a new study with a blank slate. They bring years of experience, familiar workflows, and assumptions from prior protocols. Those mental models help people work efficiently, but they can also create hidden

Posted on 15 Oct 2026
By ArcheMedX Team
In Clinical Research Blog, Human Side of Clinical Trials

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

Posted on 22 Sep 2026
By ArcheMedX Team
In Clinical Research Blog, Human Side of Clinical Trials

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,