In-Person Education

2013 IRB-HSR Class Offerings

Please contact  Jean Gaare Eby (jmg5b@virginia.edu) if you need more information or would like to register for an IRB course listed below.

“IRB-HSR 101”: A Short Course for Study Coordinators and Sub-Investigators of Clinical Research

Overview:

Instructors: IRB Directors and Staff

The IRB-HSR 101 provides an overview of the ethics and regulations of research involving human subjects, focusing on issues before approval. It is a free class that is open to any study coordinator or sub-investigator of clinical research at UVA. New clinical research personnel are especially encouraged to attend.

The location of the class is the 4th floor conference room, IRB-HSR Offices, One Morton Drive, on Route 29 N (next to Bodos Bagels) in Charlottesville. Nursing contact hours provided.

Winter/Spring 2013 Offerings (registration required):

January 24|8:30 am-12 noon
March 7|8:30 am-12 noon

“IRB-HSR 201”: A Short Course for Study Coordinators and Sub-Investigators of Clinical Research, Part II

Overview:

Instructors: IRB Directors and Staff

The IRB-HSR 201 provides an overview of the ethics and regulations of research involving human subjects, focusing on issues after approval. It is a free class that is open to any study coordinator or sub-investigator of clinical research at UVA. New clinical research personnel are especially encouraged to attend.

The location of the class is the 4th floor conference room, IRB-HSR Offices, One Morton Drive, on Route 29 N (next to Bodos Bagels) in Charlottesville. Nursing contact hours provided.

Winter/Spring 2013 Offerings (registration required):

February 7|8:30 am-12 noon
April 11|8:30 am-12 noon

 “IRB-HSR Chat Hour” for Study Coordinators and Sub-Investigators of Clinical Research

Overview:

Each IRB-HSR Chat Hour is a one-hour education session focused on a specific clinical research topic. The hour begins with a presentation on the topic, followed by a discussion.

Each month features a different topic. Each month’s topic will be offered at two sessions, one in the hospital and the other in the 4th floor conference room, IRB-HSR Offices (located at One Morton Drive, on Route 29 N (next to Bodos Bagels) in Charlottesville). One nursing contact hour will be provided per session.

2013 Offerings:

The Consenting Process
Led by Susie Hoffman, RN, BSN, CIP, IRB-HSR Director
February 21|8:30-9:30am|Morton 4th floor Conference Room
March 20|12-1pm|Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Rooms 1333-1335

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Continuing education credit for IRB-HSR 101 classes and IRB-HSR Chat Hours is provided through the School of Medicine Clinical Trials Office.
The School of Medicine Clinical Trials Office of the University of Virginia is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Approval # 11-07-03P ________________________________________________________________

Methodology, Ethics, and Regulations of Research Involving Human Subjects

The Office of the Vice-President for Research and the Department of Public Health Sciences are pleased to announce a new course offering for Spring Semester 2013:

Methodology, Ethics, and Regulations of Research Involving Human Subjects

When: Mondays 12:30-1:30 pm

Where: Jordan 1-5 (OMS Auditorium March 18 only)

Description/Objectives:  In this conference series, participants will learn how to describe how to conduct research more responsibly; to describe how to conduct more methodologically rigorous research; to describe how to better protect human subjects in research; to define conflict of interest and to describe how to manage of conflicts of interest; to distinguish between research and clinical care and to describe the implications of this difference; to evaluate issues in the conduct of specific types of research including working with diverse communities, FDA research, research involving biological specimens.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of one AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine awards 0.1 CEU per contact hour to each non-physician participant who successfully completes this educational activity. The CEU (Continuing Education Unit) is a nationally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and training activities that meet specific educational planning requirements. The University of Virginia School of Medicine maintains a permanent record of participants who have been awarded CEUs.

Dates/Speakers:

1/14 An Overview of Methodological, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues in Research Involving Human Subjects

Speaker: Jean Gaare Eby, ScD, Assistant Professor, Public Health Sciences and Educator, Office of the Vice-President for Research

1/28 The Responsible Conduct of Research

Speaker: David Hudson, PhD, Associate Vice-President for Research

2/4 Clinical and Epidemiological Research Methodology

Speaker: Jean Gaare Eby, ScD, Assistant Professor, Public Health Sciences and Educator, Office of the Vice-President for Research

2/11 History and Philosophical Framework of Research Ethics

Speaker: James Childress, PhD, University Professor & John Allen Hollingsworth Professor, Department of Religious Studies

2/18 Role of the Institutional Review Board in Research Involving Human Subjects

Speaker: Richard Stevenson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Chair IRB-HSR

2/25    Informed Consent in Research
Speaker: Lois Shepherd, JD, Professor, Public Health Sciences

3/4     Assessing Risks and Benefits in Research: A Biostatistician’s Perspective
          Speaker:Gina Petroni, PhD, Professor, Public Health Sciences

3/18    FDA Research
          Speaker:Lori Elder, RN, BSN, CCRA, Director, Clinical Trials, SOM Clinical Trials Office

3/25    Protecting Participant Safety and Privacy/Confidentiality
Speakers: Karen Mimms, RN, CIP, Associate Director IRB-HSR and
Susie Hoffman, RN, BSN, CIP, Director IRB-HSR

4/1     Management of Conflicts of Interest; Research vs. Care
Speaker: Ronald Turner, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

4/8     Research Involving Vulnerable Populations
          Speaker:Jeanita Richardson, PhD, Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences

4/15    Community-Based Participatory Research
          Speaker:Jeanita Richardson, PhD, Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences

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