Students who did practice sessions with a virtual reality "human subject" learned better informed consent skills than did those who only studied consent rules from written material, according to a recent study.
The two-part process of electronic submission of unanticipated problems at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, requires investigators and clinical trial staff to enter information about the events after passing the chief screening criteria, and then it requires a reviewer to look at what has been submitted.
When do you withhold or discontinue life-prolonging treatment in cases deemed medically futile? As baby boomers age, the critical issues surrounding these cases will require advance planning and establishment of guidelines.
