Clinical Research Professional Career Ladder
The Office of Clinical Research in partnership with Human Resources and representatives for PSOM departments, centers and institutes have developed career ladders that provide transparency in career growth for clinical research professionals across the various clinical research domains for management, operations, nursing, data management, quality/ monitoring.
Each clinical research role will require completion of required or recommended trainings in Workday and/or Knowledge Link as one criterion to move to the next role in the career ladder. Required trainings fall under the job role and recommended trainings appear in the subsequent roles. Trainings by career ladder for different roles are listed in this secure document Clinical Research Professionals Leveled Competencies and Career Ladder-Training.
These job role-based trainings will go-live in Workday/ Knowledge Link in a phased approach, by November 12, 2024, starting with Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) B, Clinical Research Quality Specialist A, Clinical Research Nurse B.
Staff will see assigned and recommended trainings on their Workday’s Learning Home dashboard.
Modules or trainings already completed should show up in My Learning, View Learning Transcript.
For issues with training completions, please email OCR at psom-ocrops@pobox.upenn.edu with staff Penn ID and completion certificate.
Please provide feedback on due dates, dates of assignment, notifications, training modules assigned for roles to psom-ocrops@pobox.upenn.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions
Use this URL to access the Learning Portal. This shows trainings from both Workday and Knowledge Link
https://www.uphs.upenn.edu/employeeselfservice/strategiclearning/kl/gateway.html
Login using your Pennkey or UPHS login information.
You must click Enroll in Program, then Submit. Then any courses that are complete will show a checkmark.
See PDF for screenshots.
Please use the Learning: Managers: Manage Course Enrollment tipsheet.
No, training and access is defined by requirements of a CRPs job responsibilities. CRPs that require PennChart access can self-assign training or their managers/ supervisors can do assign.
PennChart training is available through Knowledge Link only.
For the type of access that best fits your clinical research role and how to obtain this access, navigate to the PennChart page on this website.
AME Infection Prevention training is required annually for Penn Medicine (employees and non UPHS employees that require access to UPHS systems). It is auto assigned to staff through Knowledge Link.
Bloodborne Pathogens training is required annually for all PSOM faculty, staff, and students who work with bloodborne pathogens or human source material in a laboratory or clinical setting. This training can be self- assigned in Workday Learning.
Log in to Workday using your Pennkey. Click Menu, on the Left hand side, under Apps, find Learning.
This will take you to Learning Home, click My Learning.
Yes, PennChart trainings must be taken in Knowledge Link .
You can also use Learning Portal page to log into either Workday or Knowledge Link