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Occupation AtlasClinical Data Managers

O*NET · 15-2051.02

Clinical Data Managers

Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.

Also called Abstractor · Analyst · Application Analyst · Application Coordinator · CDM Director · CDM Manager · Clinical Applications Director · Clinical Biostatistics Director
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Clinical Data Abstractor · Clinical Data Analyst · Clinical Data Coordinator · Clinical Data Management Director (CDM Director) · Clinical Data Management Manager (CDM Manager) · Clinical Data Manager · Clinical Informatics Manager · Clinical Statistics Manager · Clinical Trials Data Coordinator · Data Coordinator · Data Deliverables Manager · Data Management Manager · Health Informatics Analyst · Inpatient Orders Analyst

Job Zone 4 — Considerable Preparation NeededHolland code CIE35 skills on file

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Job Zone

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed

Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

CIEConventional · Investigative · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order

  • C Conventional6.58
  • I Investigative5.66
  • E Enterprising3.30
  • S Social2.82
  • A Artistic1.27
  • R Realistic1.25

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Education and experience

The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.

  • Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree5%
  • Bachelor's Degree85%
  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate5%
  • Master's Degree5%
Related work experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (35%)
On-site or in-plant training
Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (35%)
On-the-job training
Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (45%)

Typically associated skills

All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.

  • Critical Thinkingbasic4.04.3Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
  • Reading Comprehensionbasic3.94.3Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
  • Speakingbasic3.94.0Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
  • Active Listeningbasic3.93.9Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
  • Writingbasic3.84.0Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
  • Monitoringbasic3.64.1Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
  • Active Learningbasic3.64.0Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
  • Mathematicsbasic3.53.9Level 4 looks like: Calculate the square footage of a new home under construction
  • Complex Problem Solving3.53.6Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
  • Time Management3.43.5Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week
  • Coordination3.43.4Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.33.6Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
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  • Programming3.33.6Level 4 looks like: Write a statistical analysis program to analyze demographic data
  • Systems Analysis3.33.4Level 4 looks like: Determine how a new piece of equipment will affect production rates
  • Social Perceptiveness3.13.5Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
  • Systems Evaluation3.13.4Level 4 looks like: Identify the reasons why a client might be unhappy with a product
  • Instructing3.03.8Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
  • Management of Personnel Resources3.03.4Level 4 looks like: Direct the activities of a road repair crew with minimal disruption of traffic flow
  • Learning Strategiesbasic2.93.3Level 4 looks like: Identify an alternative approach to help trainees who are having difficulties
  • Operations Analysis2.83.4Level 4 looks like: Suggest changes in software to make a system more user friendly
  • Persuasion2.82.6Level 2 looks like: Solicit donations for a charity
  • Service Orientation2.82.6Level 2 looks like: Ask customers if they would like a cup of coffee
  • Quality Control Analysis2.52.5Level 2 looks like: Inspect a draft email for errors (e.g., grammar, punctuation)
  • Negotiation2.52.4Level 2 looks like: Present justification to a manager for altering a work schedule
  • Sciencebasic2.42.3Level 2 looks like: Conduct standard tests to determine soil quality
  • Operations Monitoring2.12.0Level 2 looks like: Monitor completion times while running a computer program
  • Equipment Selection1.91.5Level 2 looks like: Select a tool to adjust a loose part on a bicycle
  • Management of Material Resources1.91.5Level 2 looks like: Reserve a room for a management meeting
  • Management of Financial Resources1.91.3Level 2 looks like: Use available funds to buy office supplies and record the amount of the purchase
  • Technology Design1.81.4Level 2 looks like: Adjust exercise equipment for use by a customer
  • Operation and Control1.81.3Level 2 looks like: Navigate the settings on an office printer to print on both sides of the paper
  • Troubleshooting1.60.6
  • Equipment Maintenance1.0—
  • Installation1.0—
  • Repairing1.0—

Tasks

19 core · 2 supplemental

What people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).

  1. Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.4.5
  2. Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.4.4
  3. Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.4.3
  4. Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.4.3
  5. Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.4.1
  6. Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.4.0
  7. Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.4.0
  8. Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.4.0
  9. Confer with end users to define or implement clinical system requirements such as data release formats, delivery schedules, and testing protocols.3.8
  10. Evaluate processes and technologies, and suggest revisions to increase productivity and efficiency.3.7
  11. Develop technical specifications for data management programming and communicate needs to information technology staff.3.7
  12. Perform quality control audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, or proper usage of clinical systems and data.3.7
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  1. Analyze clinical data using appropriate statistical tools.3.7
  2. Write work instruction manuals, data capture guidelines, or standard operating procedures.3.6
  3. Track the flow of work forms, including in-house data flow or electronic forms transfer.3.5
  4. Contribute to the compilation, organization, and production of protocols, clinical study reports, regulatory submissions, or other controlled documentation.3.4
  5. Supervise the work of data management project staff.3.4
  6. Read technical literature and participate in continuing education or professional associations to maintain awareness of current database technology and best practices.3.3
  7. Train staff on technical procedures or software program usage.3.2
  8. Develop or select specific software programs for various research scenarios.3.2
  9. Provide support and information to functional areas such as marketing, clinical monitoring, and medical affairs.2.8

Knowledge

Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.

  • English Language4.14.4Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
  • Computers and Electronics4.04.8Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
  • Customer and Personal Service3.74.3Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
  • Mathematics3.23.9Level 4 looks like: Analyze data to determine areas with the highest sales
  • Medicine and Dentistry3.12.8
  • Administration and Management3.03.7Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
  • Administrative2.83.7Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
  • Biology2.82.9
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  • Education and Training2.84.0Level 4 looks like: Lead a quality improvement seminar
  • Law and Government2.62.2Level 1 looks like: Describe the length of a U.S. presidential term
  • Public Safety and Security2.31.9Level 1 looks like: Use a seatbelt
  • Engineering and Technology2.22.2Level 1 looks like: Install a door lock
  • Communications and Media2.11.7Level 1 looks like: Write a thank you note
  • Design2.12.1Level 1 looks like: Draw a straight line 4 3/16 inches long
  • Personnel and Human Resources2.02.2Level 1 looks like: Fill out a medical claim form
  • Psychology2.01.7Level 1 looks like: Monitor several children on a playground
  • Production and Processing1.91.5Level 1 looks like: Put a computer back into its packing materials
  • Telecommunications1.91.0Level 1 looks like: Send an email
  • Sociology and Anthropology1.71.1Level 1 looks like: Identify two cultures in a story as being different
  • Sales and Marketing1.61.3Level 1 looks like: Sell cakes at a bake sale
  • Therapy and Counseling1.61.0Level 1 looks like: Put ice on a sprained ankle
  • Chemistry1.51.0Level 1 looks like: Use a common household bug spray
  • Economics and Accounting1.50.9Level 1 looks like: Answer billing questions from credit card customers
  • Mechanical1.50.7Level 1 looks like: Replace the filters in a furnace
  • Building and Construction1.4—
  • Transportation1.4—
  • Foreign Language1.30.6Level 1 looks like: Say "please" and "thank you" in a foreign language
  • Geography1.31.1Level 1 looks like: Know the capital of the United States
  • Philosophy and Theology1.2—
  • Physics1.2—
  • History and Archeology1.1—
  • Fine Arts1.0—
  • Food Production1.0—

Abilities

Enduring capacities the work calls for.

  • Deductive Reasoning4.14.3Level 5 looks like: Decide what factors to consider in selecting stocks
  • Information Ordering4.14.0Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
  • Oral Comprehension4.04.3Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
  • Oral Expression4.04.1Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
  • Written Comprehension4.04.3Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
  • Inductive Reasoning3.93.9Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
  • Near Vision3.93.6
  • Problem Sensitivity3.93.9Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
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  • Written Expression3.94.1Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
  • Speech Clarity3.83.4Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
  • Speech Recognition3.83.4Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
  • Mathematical Reasoning3.43.6Level 4 looks like: Decide how to calculate profits to determine the amounts of yearly bonuses
  • Category Flexibility3.33.9Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
  • Flexibility of Closure3.13.3Level 4 looks like: Look for a golf ball in tall grass
  • Fluency of Ideas3.13.5Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
  • Number Facility3.13.3Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
  • Originality3.03.4Level 4 looks like: Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees
  • Selective Attention3.03.0Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
  • Perceptual Speed2.93.0Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
  • Memorization2.62.6
  • Speed of Closure2.62.8Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
  • Far Vision2.42.5Level 2 looks like: Read a roadside billboard
  • Time Sharing2.31.8Level 2 looks like: Listen to music while entering numbers into a spreadsheet
  • Visualization2.32.1Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
  • Auditory Attention1.90.9
  • Finger Dexterity1.91.6Level 2 looks like: Put coins in a parking meter
  • Hearing Sensitivity1.81.0Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
  • Visual Color Discrimination1.80.9Level 1 looks like: Separate laundry into colors and whites
  • Wrist-Finger Speed1.80.9
  • Trunk Strength1.60.9
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness1.40.4
  • Depth Perception1.40.4
  • Dynamic Strength1.40.4
  • Manual Dexterity1.40.4Level 1 looks like: Screw a light bulb into a light socket
  • Control Precision1.3—
  • Dynamic Flexibility1.0—
  • Explosive Strength1.0—
  • Extent Flexibility1.0—
  • Glare Sensitivity1.0—
  • Gross Body Coordination1.0—
  • Gross Body Equilibrium1.0—
  • Multilimb Coordination1.0—
  • Night Vision1.0—
  • Peripheral Vision1.0—
  • Rate Control1.0—
  • Reaction Time1.0—
  • Response Orientation1.0—
  • Sound Localization1.0—
  • Spatial Orientation1.0—
  • Speed of Limb Movement1.0—
  • Stamina1.0—
  • Static Strength1.0—

Work activities

Kinds of activity the work is made of.

  • Working with Computers4.74.3Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
  • Documenting/Recording Information4.55.2Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
  • Getting Information4.54.9Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
  • Processing Information4.55.7
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates4.24.8Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards4.24.9Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems4.24.6Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work4.25.4Level 4 looks like: Plan and adjust a personal to-do list according to changing demands
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  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events4.14.4Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
  • Analyzing Data or Information4.05.1Level 4 looks like: Determine the interest cost to finance a new building
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge3.95.1Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
  • Communicating with People Outside the Organization3.84.4Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships3.85.0Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
  • Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others3.64.2Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
  • Scheduling Work and Activities3.64.6Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others3.54.0Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
  • Developing and Building Teams3.43.6Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
  • Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People3.33.9Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
  • Thinking Creatively3.34.3Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
  • Training and Teaching Others3.33.6Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
  • Developing Objectives and Strategies3.23.9Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
  • Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information3.13.2Level 4 looks like: Estimate the time required to evacuate a city in the event of a major disaster
  • Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates3.13.7Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
  • Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings3.13.6Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
  • Providing Consultation and Advice to Others3.13.5Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
  • Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others3.13.6Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
  • Coaching and Developing Others3.03.9Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
  • Performing Administrative Activities2.83.1Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
  • Monitoring and Controlling Resources2.42.5Level 1 looks like: Work as a server responsible for keeping track of utensils
  • Selling or Influencing Others2.42.6
  • Assisting and Caring for Others2.12.1Level 1 looks like: Help a coworker complete an assignment
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials2.01.5Level 1 looks like: Check that doors to building are locked
  • Staffing Organizational Units2.02.4Level 1 looks like: Work in a position that has minimal staffing requirements
  • Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment1.81.3Level 1 looks like: Specify the lighting for a work area
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the Public1.61.0Level 1 looks like: Check tickets at a concert
  • Controlling Machines and Processes1.4—
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment1.4—
  • Performing General Physical Activities1.40.7Level 1 looks like: Walk between workstations in a small office
  • Handling and Moving Objects1.30.7Level 1 looks like: Change settings on copy machines
  • Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment1.3—
  • Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment1.3—

Work context

The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.

  • E-Mail5.0
  • Spend Time Sitting4.9
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate4.5
  • Telephone Conversations4.5
  • Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.4
  • Contact With Others4.3
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.3
  • Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities4.2
  • Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.1
  • Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.1

Technology

55 tools

Software used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.

In demand (5)

  • Epic Systemshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Structured query language SQLhot

Hot (16; 5 more marked hot above)

  • C#
  • C++
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Go
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • MEDITECH software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Microsoft Word
  • Oracle Java
  • SAS
  • Teradata Database
Other tools (34)
  • 5AM Glassbox Translational Research
  • Allscripts healthcare automation software
  • Autocoders
  • Citrix cloud computing software
  • ClearTrial
  • Clinical trial management software
  • Drug coding software
  • DZS Software Solutions ClinPlus
  • Electronic data capture EDC software
  • ePharmaSolutions eMVR
  • EpicCare Ambulatory Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software
  • Fortress Medical Clindex
  • InforSense InforSense
  • Invivo Data EPX ePRO Management System
  • KIKA Veracity
  • Medidata Rave Data Management
  • Merge Healthcare eTrials
  • OpenClinica
  • Oracle Clinical
  • Oracle Remote Data Capture
  • Oracle SQL Loader
  • Patient tracking software
  • PercipEnz Technologies OnCore-Clinical Research Management OnCore-CRM
  • Phase Forward Clintrial
  • PPD eLoader
  • Relational database management software
  • Relational database software
  • SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
  • SAP Crystal Reports
  • SAS JMP
  • Sierra Scientific Software CRIS
  • StudyManager Sponsor Edition
  • SyMetric Sciences SyMetric
  • TOPAZ Enterprise Software Suite

Related occupations

O*NET's own list of the occupations most related to this one, closest first.

  1. Clinical Research Coordinators
  2. Health Informatics Specialists
  3. Data Scientists
  4. Social Science Research Assistants
  5. Bioinformatics Technicians
  6. Statisticians
  7. Biostatisticians
  8. Management Analysts
  9. Statistical Assistants
  10. Business Intelligence Analysts

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