IRB Advisor – June 1, 2011
June 1, 2011
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Case report forms can more accurately determine ADEs
Adverse drug event (ADE) reporting often is inaccurate, has omissions, and sends unnecessary information to IRBs, an expert says. -
Maximizing efficiency and time management
Everyone does more work with less time these days. So how can an IRB make new board member training effective without being time demanding? One IRB has found that the answer is to hold brief educational sessions during its board meetings. -
Best Practice Spotlight: Cutting response time for expedited review
Human research protection program staff at the VA Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL, knew there was a problem with the IRB's expedited review process. -
Combating 'mission creep' in IRB review
Five years ago, a panel of researchers and others involved in social and behavioral sciences convened to explore concerns about the scope and effectiveness of IRB review. -
Ask 2-4U: International Research Panel formed by Obama
[Editor's note: Valerie Bonham, JD, executive director of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, answers these two questions about the new International Research Panel formed this year by President Barack Obama.] -
Teaching IRBs to be flexible, drop bad habits
When consultant Jeffrey Cooper talks to IRBs about using the flexibility of federal regulations to change their procedures, he can see that the message doesn't always get through. -
IRBs and journalism: One university's compromise
How do you bridge the gap between an IRB that believes all of the work you do is subject to oversight and a faculty that thinks none of it is? -
Cross-cultural research raises special challenges
When a researcher breaches a cultural divide to study a group of people, he or she needs more than a translator to convert documents from one language to another.