About

Our Mission

The Society for Clinical Data Management, Inc., (SCDM) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit professional society founded to advance the discipline of clinical data management. The binding interest of all members is quality clinical data management practices.

International Commitment

SCDM is increasingly an international organization. Our key offerings, such as the GCDMP, training materials and CCDM® examination, remain primarily focused on U.S. regulations and practices, but are used globally. The SCDM Board of Trustees is committed to adjusting all of SCDM's offerings to align them with the needs of our worldwide membership and the global industry of which we are a part. Going forward, when offerings are reviewed, updated or created, there will be an explicit focus on ensuring that the new or revised offering is applicable in a global context rather than being focused on a North American or United States context.

The Board of Trustees believes that SCDM is well-equipped to make this transition to serving the needs of a global audience. Our members in and outside of North America have extensive knowledge of international regulations, standards and practices. We will continue to leverage this knowledge base. In addition, we will seek collaboration and partnerships with various international CDM organizations to bring a fully global context to everything SCDM does.

Core Values

Knowledge and Experience of our Members

The intellectual capital and collective experience of our members are our greatest assets. We rely on and embrace the participation and contributions of our members and volunteers.

Scholarship

We encourage and promote rigor and discipline in the research of topics affecting our industry. Our positions, publications and programs will be the result of scholarly investigation.

Quality and Continuous Improvement

We are committed to the development and enhancement of products, services and relationships of the highest quality.

Open Communication

We encourage open communication and information sharing. We provide our members with insight to the organization's initiatives and activities.

Integrity

We exemplify and expect honesty and integrity.

Code of Ethics

Clinical data management is a key component of the development of new medications, medical procedures and devices. Clinical data management professionals are:

Committed to following the laws and guidelines applicable to clinical research (including the Declaration of Helsinki) to participate in the protection of the safety, dignity and well-being of patients and to maintain the confidentiality of medical records.
Committed to creating, maintaining and presenting quality clinical data, thus supporting accurate and timely statistical analysis, and to adhering to applicable standards of quality and truthfulness in scientific research.
Committed to facilitating communication between clinical data management professionals and all other clinical research professionals, to maintaining competency in all areas of clinical data management, to keeping current with technological advances and to ensuring the dissemination of information to members of the clinical research team.
Committed to working as an integral member of a clinical research team with honesty, integrity and respect. To making and communicating accountability for clinical data management decisions and actions within the clinical trial process.
Committed to maintaining and respecting proprietary knowledge at all levels, to avoiding the use of proprietary knowledge for personal gain and to disclosing any conflict of interest. To avoiding any conduct or behavior that is unlawful, unethical or that may otherwise reflect negatively on the profession of clinical data management.
Committed to advancing the profession of clinical data management through the development, distribution and improvement of good clinical data management practices. To aiding the professional development and advancement of colleagues within the clinical trial industry.