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SKILLED Clinical Trial Internships

Build skills and experience in a clinical trial unit.

Building a clinical trial talent pipeline in partnership with the Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (PCCTU)

 SKILLED interstalentpipeline

Two cancer clinical trial streams

Competency-based

Tailored competency frameworks for each role have been developed with a quantitative assessment grading system, based on relevant international competencies.

Podcast

Hear Professor Grant McArthur and Michelle Barrett – with the MTPConnect podcast team – Caroline Duell and Dr Dan Grant talking about building a clinical trial talent pipeline.

MTPConnect

Contact

2024 SKILLED applications are now closed. Applications for the 2025 SKILLED internship will open in September. Please subscribe to receive notification.

For information and enquiries, email Chris Packer, Senior Manager, SKILLED Internship Program

Acknowledgements

The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Alliance (VCCC Alliance) SKILLED program is in partnership with Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (PCCTU), Deakin University, Monash University, RMIT University and the University of Melbourne. The 2024 SKILLED Clinical Trials Internship program is supported by the Victorian Government.

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