Consensus on Core Competencies of Undergraduate Life Sciences Students for Entry-Level Participation in Clinical Trials: RAND-Modified Delphi Study

Ángela Cano   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Patricia Cosano-Pérez   ^{2, 3 *} , MSc ;   Juan José Castón   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Diana Corona-Mata   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Rosa Ballesteros-Olmedo   ^{4 *} , MSc ;   Eva Venegas-Moreno   ^{5 *} , MD ;   Jaime Perea-Cortés   ^{5 *} , MSc ;   Concepcion Aranda-Valera   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Isabel Machuca   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Julian Torre-Cisneros   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Córdoba, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

² Center for Biomedical Research Network on Infectious Diseases, Madrid, Spain

³ Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

⁴ Oncology Clinical Trials Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Foundation for the Management of Health Research in Seville, Seville, Spain

⁵ Endocrinology and Nutrition Management Unit, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Spanish National Research Council, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

⁶ Rheumatology Clinical Management Unit, Reina Sofía University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

*all authors contributed equally