IRB Advisor – April 1, 2006
April 1, 2006
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Mission Creep: Is it leading IRBs astray?: White paper makes case that IRBs have gone too far afield
The latest round in the ongoing debate between IRBs and social and behavioral researchers about the scope and effectiveness of IRB review has come in the form of a white paper, Improving the System for Protecting Human Subjects: Counteracting IRB Mission Creep, released late last year by the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. -
USC booklet provides answers about human subjects research
The University of Southern Californias Office for the Protection of Research Subjects provides tips on how to identify human research studies in its booklet, Is Your Project Human Subjects Research? A Guide for Investigators. -
Mission Creep: Is it leading IRBs astray?: Are marginal research activities clogging IRBs?
Mission creep among IRB work occurs when research institutions and IRBs permit fear of missing something to rule their decisions, an expert says. -
Mission Creep: Is it leading IRBs astray?: How much oversight for QI activities?
The problem of how to handle quality improvement (QI) projects resulted in a research project that explored the intersection between research and quality improvement and ethical oversight. -
Tailoring IRB software to different sized institutions
The software demands of smaller IRBs and larger ones can be very different, and its hard to meet everybodys needs with a single program. So Third Sky Inc. doesnt try. -
Regional consortium gives IRBs venue for information
Four times a year, staff and board members from IRBs around the St. Louis area get together to talk about the issues that concern them, in an effort to learn from each other and to jointly sponsor educational programs.