IRB Advisor – January 1, 2006
January 1, 2006
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Do you have measures in place to protect student participants?
Its a staple of undergraduate psychology studies the research requirement, in which students agree to sign up for surveys and other low-risk psychology research activities in exchange for academic credit. -
Flexible continuing ed meets varied needs
It can be a challenge to design a training program in human subjects protection that can meet all the needs of varied researchers from biomedical to social-behavioral disciplines, from introductory courses to advanced topics for experienced researchers. -
Family medicine group suggests guidelines
Research in family medicine is a diverse field, encompassing everything from practice-based research to educational studies to research involving communities such as American Indian reservations. -
Improve SAE reporting with electronic submission
One of the bigger headaches for IRBs is having to sift through hundreds or thousands of unanticipated problems submissions when most of these should never have been reported. -
IRB streamlines process to improve response time
Intermountain Health Care Urban South Region of Provo, UT, revamped its IRB process with a goal of reducing its lengthy response time and improving quality in IRB submissions. -
News Briefs
Amid growing concern that terrorists may strike with a nuclear weapon instead of a biological one, the government is fast-tracking programs to develop medical countermeasures against radiological and nuclear threats.