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It started with the research nurses but soon other staff involved in clinical trials wanted to take part in the comprehensive training program being offered at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Last year, the clinical research training program received the 2003 award of excellence for best practice from the Bethesda, MD-based Health Improvement Institute.
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As every clinical trials administrator knows, its difficult to predict every problem and extra cost that might occur during a lengthy trial process. But with experience and following best practice guidelines, an administrator may find that all goes as well as planned.
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The need for less expensive and more efficient clinical trials has increased in recent years with drug discovery occurring at an explosive rate, and yet the clinical trials process has changed very little over the past decade, an information technologies expert says.
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IDSA urges federal measures to spur antibiotic development; NIH to make federally funded research public.
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Research program administrators often find that its difficult to convince investigators to attend voluntary education courses, but this doesnt mean that institutions should give up on educating researchers. At least one institution has found a way to indirectly teach and update investigators about clinical trials rules, regulations, and processes.
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Dying patients discuss physician-assisted suicide; Public plea spurs new liver, plus some debate; Medical schools tighten conflicts-of-interest standards; Video: How to talk about medical errors.
