Rater Training & Certification

The subjectivity of scale administration can create variability of results, posing a risk to study outcomes. Successful study design and management includes rater training as a foundation for consistency across key assessments.

Concordant Rater Systems (CRS) practicing clinicians draw on their substantial years of clinical expertise, on scales selected for sponsor’s studies and in certified areas of clinical research, to provide rater training and certification in a formal setting with a consultative approach.

Our experts train to authentic subject-rater interviews, imparting realistic expectations upon rater’s first interactions with subjects. Clients recognize consistency in the rater management phase of the CRS Trial Management Lifecycle as CRS clinicians that train and certify raters also manage the collaborative, peer-to-peer conferences with raters to deliver concordant results.

The CRS Rater Training Website offers pre- and post- investigator meeting training in multiple languages.