For RESEARCHERS

Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Representativeness in Clinical Trials

⏰  ~ 20 minutes 

📜 Certificate of Completion
This course builds on content originally developed with Close the Gap, a Boston Scientific initiative that aims to ensure every patient has access to specialty care and minimally invasive technologies.

Volume Discounts and Institutional Scholarships Available. Email solutions@humanitasinst.org to inquire.

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What Your Colleagues Say:

"The visuals about differences in representation were surprising and well presented. I really enjoyed the mind hacks and interactive breathing activity. "

"I appreciated how it consistently referenced back to how these techniques can improve the quality of studies and accelerate the pace of recruitment."

"...It was very engaging and provided current evidence-based techniques that I believe every clinical trial recruiter needs to learn and remind themselves of when recruiting and consenting participants..."

Incomplete and delayed recruitment remains one of the greatest obstacles to clinical trial success.

Underrepresentation of patient groups not only weakens evidence but also slows innovation. This course provides researchers with practical, neuroscience-informed strategies proven to increase successful enrollment across all eligible patients.

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Learners will be able to:

Identify barriers to trial enrollment that reduce recruitment rates and are within clinician or team control.

Apply evidence-based communication strategies that increase patients’ willingness to enroll.

Use neuroscience-informed techniques (e.g., perspective taking, stress regulation) to improve consent discussions and strengthen trust.

Employ effective handoff practices with colleagues to maintain patient confidence and support higher recruitment rates.

Compliance Notice

Our courses are designed to align with current federal civil rights training expectations, including the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (2025) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services §1557 nondiscrimination rule. All materials are structured to support organizations in meeting both federal funding compliance requirements and state mandates where applicable.


These courses provide evidence-based education and are regularly reviewed to ensure they reflect evolving legal standards and best practices.

Why do Optum Health, Mayo Clinic, Boston Scientific, Hospital Association of New York, Health Partners, Cleveland Clinic, the Permanente Medical Group, Sutter Health, Confluence Health, the Indiana Hospital Association, and the California Health Care Association, among others,  choose our courses?

In their words:

#unmatched expertise | #the best we have seen | #truly evidence-based  | #top marks from our doctors | #head & shoulders above the rest