IRB Advisor – March 1, 2011
March 1, 2011
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Teleworking might be future trend for IRB and research offices
Many IRB offices have transitioned to completely electronic documentation and processes in recent years. This trend offers flexibility to IRB staffing and office space. -
Solicit input on IRB process changes with
A major obstacle to implementing process or quality improvement measures is finding out what the people impacted by the change think. -
Help new IRB members find a helpful and appropriate mentor
Successful IRB members are developed, not born, according to an expert in research ethics. -
HMO group uses alternate IRB model to review low-risk studies
IRBs continue to work toward streamlining the handling of multisite studies through alternative models of review. But they can sometimes struggle with a process that requires them to accept the review of another board in place of their own. -
International research group updates ethics training course
The new edition of a widely-used human subjects protection curriculum has an increased emphasis on community engagement and the importance of on-going informed consent, says one of its developers. -
President's commission begins review of research protections
A presidential commission has begun carrying out President Barack Obama's charge to review human subjects protections in U.S.-sponsored research both here and abroad, in the wake of revelations about unethical research carried out in Guatemala in the 1940s. -
University facilitates more CEnR involvement
As Washington University in St. Louis, MO, expanded its interest in community-engaged research (CEnR), officials realized that both the researchers and their community partners needed to better understand human subjects protection requirements.