IRB Advisor (Vol. 15, No. 6)

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Release date: June 2015

Valid through: June 2018

Target Audience

This activity is intended for clinical trial research physicians and nurses.

Subjects

Billion-dollar lawsuit over unethical study puts past into the present
Presidential Commission finds gross violations in Guatemalan studies
Johns Hopkins and Rockefeller Foundation respond to lawsuits
Informed consent issues at the front lines of clinical trials
Online cardiovascular study shows technological evolution of research
Recent measles outbreaks show dangers of bad research
Handling sensitive topics with teenagers raises issues

Objectives

Establish clinical trial programs using accepted ethical principles for human subject protection
Apply the mandated regulatory safeguards for patient recruitment, follow-up and reporting of findings for human subject research
Comply with the necessary educational requirements regarding informed consent and human subject research

Credit Available

Physicians

Maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Nurses

1.25 ANCC Contact Hours

Sponsor

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation Statement

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation

Physicians

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

This activity has been approved for 1.25 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 1.25 Contact Hours. Nurses licensed in California should retain this credit letter for four years.

Faculty Listing

Authors

Melinda Young

Editors

Physician Editor: Mark Schreiner, MD

Nurse Planner: Kay Ball, RN, PhD

AHC Media Managing Editor: Jill Drachenberg

Associate Managing Editor: Dana Spector

Financial Disclosure

Editor Melinda Young, Managing Editor Jill Drachenberg, Associate Managing Editor Dana Spector, Physician Reviewer Mark Schreiner, MD, and Nurse Planner Kay Ball, RN, PhD, report no consultant, stockholder, speaker’s bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study.

IRB Advisor (Vol. 15, No. 6) - June 1, 2015