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Human research protection programs (HRPPs) receive only general guidance on how they might fulfil their educational requirements, so programs range from simply requiring research staff to complete online courses to institutions that offer a broad smorgasbord of educational options.
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Federal regulations require IRBs to include at least one non-affiliated, non-scientist member on the boards, commonly known as the "community member."
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Translation of full informed consent forms into other languages can be a costly and time-consuming endeavor for researchers, particularly if there are few non-English speaking participants in a study.
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Academic and medical research institutions and their IRBs often have to deal with study proposals that fall between research and quality improvement (QI).
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A large health system IRB found that incomplete study submissions were clogging up the IRB review system, resulting in long waits up to three months for approval.
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Effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is partly dependent on the adequacy of manual chest compressions, but they are limited by interruptions and less than ideal conditions such as during transport.
