Thanks, Barb.  I think your approach is the best.  It does seem we should
have something out there but if not - what we can access through NIH and
OHRP is probably sufficient.  I have both of these sites and have used them
BUT I have not taken the time or made the effort to pull out relevant
pieces and use them as training materials and handouts to researchers.  I
am setting up a series of workshps over the fall semester - thus all the
questions!  I think I will use your good advice and make handouts that are
relevant to VSU from the materials available.  Thanks again.

Mary

At 02:48 PM 8/29/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Mary,
>
>The DHHS/OHRP site where you can register your IRB an get your Federalwide
>assurance (thus doing away with the old SPA) has a required on-line web
>tutorial for the IRB Chair and the IRB administrator.  It is perfectly
>appropriate for all IRB members for educational purposes.  Our IRB evaluated
>several on-line training tools for faculty and liked the NIH one best
>(http://cme.nci.nih.gov) because it is the most generic.  Between these two
>tutorials, your IRB members should get a pretty good overview of the ethical
>priciples, the regs, and their responsibilities.
>
>We also give our IRB members copies of excerpts from the Guidebook.  We don't
>burden them with the sections that don't apply to a social-behavioral IRB.  We
>encourage them to refer to this book for guidance in implementing the regs and
>carrying out their responsibilties.
>
>I have yet to find any on-line tutorials that are not fairly clinically
>oriented.  For now, at least, it seems that, because social-behavioral IRBs
>still have to adhere to regs designed primarily for clinical rsearch, we will
>have to also live with clinically slanted training programs.
>
>BG
>
>Mary Watson wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have access to, or knowledge of, any IRB Research Training
> > materials, preferably interactive CD's or some such, that is appropriate
> > for the use of small universities with primarily social science resarch,
> > limited research in other areas and no FDA involvement?   If so, could you
> > please point me in the right dirction to locate same?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Mary Watson
> >
> > Mary H. Watson
> > Director, Grants and Contracts
> > Room 215, Regional Center for Continuing Education
> > Valdosta State University
> > Valdosta, GA  31698
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