I am in the process of revising our Office of Research Affairs' policies
and procedures manual.  What is unique about our situation is that we
wish to move from a manual with very specific details on procedure to
one which is far more generic and broad.  A recent affiliation with a
large hospital network requires that any manual which is developed in
our office may, at some point, be used throughout the hospital system,
so we are moving to a manual which will be less institution-specific.

Has anyone else out there in research administration land had a similar
experience?  If so, how did you approach this adventure?

Also, if anyone is willing to share his or her institution's or system's
policies and procedures manual for research administration, I would
sincerely appreciate it.  (I assume that if you send me a copy of your
manual, you do not mind if I "borrow" freely from it.)

If you can help me, thanks so much in advance.  My address is:

Patricia Hagen
Research Program Coordinator
The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
216 S. Kingshighway Blvd.
St. Louis, MO  63110

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