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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.
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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.
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The world of a prisoner in a correctional institution is all about control, or the lack of it. The time you wake up, when you eat, where you go, whom you speak to all is controlled by officers.
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While IRBS wait to learn the final outcome of the federal government's review of regulations for research involving prisoners, there are steps they can take right now to improve the review of these types of studies, say experts in the field.
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Every research institution wants to know that its participants have made a fully informed, unpressured decision to enroll in research. But, often, that basic question is hard to determine.
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When IRBs review protocols involving social-behavioral research, it's a good idea to define what IRB members believe are reasonable protections.
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Experts say there may be some opportunities missed in research with pregnant women. Despite some concerted government efforts that have succeeded in increasing research in this area, major industry sponsors shy away from this population.
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The first step to improving your IRB office's efficiency is to collect data through a software system that will make sense of files and reports.
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As times change and evolve, so do IRBs and, ultimately, IRB guidelines and rules. Lately, the evolution of IRBs can be seen in the trend of an increasing number of multi-site studies.
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Want to attract and retain good nonscientific, unaffiliated IRB members? Cast your net wider for interested people, train them well and nurture them carefully.
