Clinical Research Coordinator（CRC）職従事者のキャリア意識および職業的アイデンティティと職業継続意思との関連に関する研究

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To elucidate the factors affecting the intention of clinical research coordinators (CRCs) to stay on their job, we conducted a questionnaire to examine the career consciousness and professional identity of CRCs. A questionnaire was mailed to CRCs working in hospitals or site management organizations (SMO) in Japan. Analysis of the data yielded the following results:
1. Analysis of career consciousness of CRCs revealed that they placed the highest value on “career commitment”. Conversely, reflecting the uncertainty about the future prospect for CRC, they placed the lowest value on “career goal commitment”, and few CRCs sought consultations with their supervisors. Regarding “career satisfaction”, they placed higher values on work experience, and lower values on income and promotion.
2. Analysis of professional identity of CRCs showed the highest value on “aspiration to contribute to the society”, and the lowest value on “confidence in selecting CRC as a career and in self-improvement”. Because the CRCs considered the relationship with trial participants to be valuable, the acquisition of expertise as a CRC could facilitate the establishment of professional identity.
3. The proportion of CRCs who intended to continue pursuing this career was high (80%), and career consciousness and professional identity were significantly higher in those who intended to stay on the job as CRC than those who did not, regardless of their affiliations.
4. CRCs who had intention to continue pursuing CRC as their career were characterized by high scores of “career commitment”, while those who had no such intention were characterized by low scores of “professional identity”.
In conclusion, actions should be taken to improve carrier consciousness and professional identity of CRCs in order to increase their motivation to continue pursuing CRC as a life career.