2023-2024 SOCRA Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 23
SOCRA 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT
SOCRA’s chapter program was developed to help support
continuing education at the local level. Local chapters support
peer-to-peer education and foster a community for clinical
research, continuing education and networking. SOCRA’s chapter
model also allows clinical research professionals to acquire no-cost
continuing education credit.
Interested SOCRA members wishing to administer educational
programming at the local level may organize a chapter and plan
clinical research education. Those interested may contact the
SOCRA office for information and to discuss their educational
programming.
A chapter’s membership consists of current SOCRA members who
are located within a non-exclusive geographic area defined by the
chapter. Therefore, the chapter’s “active” membership consists of
those who are interested in developing and participating in the
local chapter activities. In 2020, SOCRA chapters held 167 meetings
across the U.S.A., Canada, Saudi Arabia, Belgium and Nigeria. These
meetings offered 193 credit hours to over 5,500 learners. SOCRA's
chapter program has continued to grow despite challenges to
gather and meet in-person over this past year. In light of COVID-19,
34 of the total 70 active chapters were able to host virtual
meetings.
CHAPTER SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
SOCRA recognizes that chapter education programs,
coupled with SOCRA programming, help our
members achieve personal and professional growth
through continuing education. This award recognizes
SOCRA volunteer chapters for excellence in their
commitment to this goal through the coordination of
education for local clinical research professionals. This
award recognizes the representative of the chapter
granting the greatest amount of learning
opportunities for the period between June 1 and May
31 annually. See page 9 for details regarding the 2020
recipient.
SOCRA encourages the development
of local chapters to provide a cost free
forum under which members can
learn, exchange information, grow
professionally, and acquire CE for
SOCRA CCRP® recertification.
CURRENT CHAPTERS INCLUDE
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
Brussels Area
Sao Paulo Area
Alberta - Calgary
British Columbia - Vancouver
Manitoba - Winnipeg
Nova Scotia - Halifax
Ontario
Kingston
London
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
NIGERIA
SAUDI ARABIA
Riyadh
Makkah
USA
Alabama
Arizona - Phoenix
Arkansas
California
Northern CA
San Francisco Bay Area
Greater Los Angeles Area
Sylmar Area
Orange County
San Diego Area
Los Angeles UCLA Area
Los Angeles CHLA Area
Los Angeles KP LAMC Area
San Jose
USA
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Area
Southern Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia - National Capital
Florida
Suncoast
South Florida
North Florida
Georgia - Atlanta
Hawaii
Illinois
Central Illinois
Chicagoland
Indiana - Indianapolis
Maryland - Baltimore
Massachusetts
Boston
Western Massachusetts
Michigan
Southeastern Michigan
Detroit Area
Western Michigan
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Southeast Minnesota
Missouri
St. Louis
Greater Kansas City Area
Nevada
Northern Nevada
Southern Nevada
New Jersey
New Jersey Area
Northern New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New York State
Western New York
North Carolina
NC East / RTP Area
Northwest North Carolina
Ohio
Northeast Ohio
Southwest Ohio
Oklahoma - Central Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg / Hersey
University City
Center City Philadelphia
Southern PA
South Carolina - Palmetto
Tennessee
Knoxville Region
Mid South
Greater Nashville
Texas
Dallas / Fort Worth
South Texas
West Texas
Central Texas
Greater Houston / Galveston
Plano
Utah
Vermont
Vermont - New Hampshire
Northern Vermont
Virginia - Central Virginia
Washington
West Virginia - Morgantown
Wisconsin
Southeast Minnesota
Wisconsin
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