Conference Objectives

Breaking the Barriers of Research: Mentoring and Human Subjects’ Protection

1. Identify the responsibilities of a mentor.
2. Identify the responsibilities of a trainee.
3. Explain how good ethics lead to better research.
4. Apply mentoring lessons learned from industry to his/her own practice.
5. Describe successful methods of running a mentoring program.
6. Identify troubleshooting tips in behavioral research.
7. Identify components of monitoring a mentoring program.
8. Identify how the lack of mentoring supervision may contribute to cases of misconduct.
9. Identify pitfalls encountered by absentee mentoring.
10. Identify the nine core areas of responsible conduct of research.
11. Identify the essential elements of compliance training.
12. Identify troubleshooting tips in biomedical research.
13. Identify how mentoring and human subjects’ protection are related.
14. Apply lessons learned from one institution's experiences to prevent actions that may lead to institutional research shutdown.
    Describe the current state of the research enterprise.
15. Describe, from a consultant’s point of view, what the FDA thinks is good clinical data.
16. Descibe the role the IRB plays in human subjects' protection.
17. Identify the special issues presented in regards to therapeutic misconception in investigator initiated treatment trials.
18. Identify special issues associated with conducting research with those persons who fit within the "vulnerable populations" category.
19. Identify specific issues associated with children, financially disadvantaged populations and cognitively impaired populations.
20. Describe the regulations and roles of OHRP and SACHRP in relation to vulnerable populations.
21. Describe methods on how to properly educate IRB members.
22. Describe the Quality improvement processes necessary for IRBs.
23. Describe the requirements to obtain CIP certification.