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Management & Leadership · Updated Aug 2026

Clinical Research Coordinators

Plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Direct the activities of workers engaged in clinical research projects to ensure compliance with protocols and overall clinical objectives. May evaluate and analyze clinical data.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
68/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
58/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Assess eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, or discussions with physicians and nurses.High
69
Schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols.High
65
Maintain required records of study activity including case report forms, drug dispensation records, or regulatory forms.High
73
Dispense medical devices or drugs, and calculate dosages and provide instructions as necessary.High
73
Oversee subject enrollment to ensure that informed consent is properly obtained and documented.High
74
Perform specific protocol procedures such as interviewing subjects, taking vital signs, and performing electrocardiograms.High
59
Track enrollment status of subjects and document dropout information such as dropout causes and subject contact efforts.High
74
Prepare study-related documentation, such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, or progress reports.High
73
Inform patients or caregivers about study aspects and outcomes to be expected.High
53
Communicate with laboratories or investigators regarding laboratory findings.Medium
75
Identify protocol problems, inform investigators of problems, or assist in problem resolution efforts, such as protocol revisions.High
74
Direct the requisition, collection, labeling, storage, or shipment of specimens.High
74
Contact outside health care providers and communicate with subjects to obtain follow-up information.Medium
74
Record adverse event and side effect data and confer with investigators regarding the reporting of events to oversight agencies.High
73
Interpret protocols and advise treating physicians on appropriate dosage modifications or treatment calculations based on patient characteristics.Medium
68
Instruct research staff in scientific and procedural aspects of studies including standards of care, informed consent procedures, or documentation procedures.High
68
Collaborate with investigators to prepare presentations or reports of clinical study procedures, results, and conclusions.High
73
Maintain contact with sponsors to schedule and coordinate site visits or to answer questions about issues such as incomplete data.Medium
69
Review proposed study protocols to evaluate factors such as sample collection processes, data management plans, or potential subject risks.High
63
Arrange for research study sites and determine staff or equipment availability.Medium
69
Register protocol patients with appropriate statistical centers as required.Medium
66
Contact industry representatives to ensure equipment and software specifications necessary for successful study completion.Medium
72
Participate in the development of study protocols including guidelines for administration or data collection procedures.Medium
73
Monitor study activities to ensure compliance with protocols and with all relevant local, federal, and state regulatory and institutional polices.High
32
Confer with health care professionals to determine the best recruitment practices for studies.Medium
73
Prepare for or participate in quality assurance audits conducted by study sponsors, federal agencies, or specially designated review groups.Medium
74
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Communicate with laboratories or investigators regarding laboratory findings.75
  2. Oversee subject enrollment to ensure that informed consent is properly obtained and documented.74
  3. Track enrollment status of subjects and document dropout information such as dropout causes and subject contact efforts.74
  4. Identify protocol problems, inform investigators of problems, or assist in problem resolution efforts, such as protocol revisions.74
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Monitor study activities to ensure compliance with protocols and with all relevant local, federal, and state regulatory and institutional polices.01
  2. Assess eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, or discussions with physicians and nurses.02
  3. Schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols.03
  4. Maintain required records of study activity including case report forms, drug dispensation records, or regulatory forms.04
  5. Dispense medical devices or drugs, and calculate dosages and provide instructions as necessary.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency67
Physical dependency32
Adoption pressure57
Labour-market resilience58
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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