Quality clinical interviews are essential in increasing inter-rater reliability and study power in clinical drug trials. Research indicates that training in clinical interviewing skills is a key factor in signal detection and can greatly influence success or failure in CNS drug trials. MedAvante's Global Rater Training Program-Rater Readiness which has trained raters throughout the world, is unique in that it combines conceptual knowledge with applied clinical skills training and testing. Ours is the only rater training program that has been empirically validated for effectiveness in those domains. Training site-based raters can allow sponsors to maintain the participation of key investigative sites while assuring improved research quality.

MedAvante's team of expert trainers is composed of research scientists and clinicians who are thought leaders in the field of rater training and assessment. Each MedAvante senior scientist has engaged in funded research examining improved assessment methodologies, has authored psychiatric scales or has led efforts to update current scales.