Pediatric Clinical Research

Increased knowledge of patient privacy laws through HIPAA training.

Understanding the history and basis of clinical research through certified training under the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI).

Competency in performing patient consent, assent, and parent permissions, addressing the eight elements of the informed consent process.

Ability to screen, approach, and enroll patients into clinical research studies.

Understanding the Institutional Review Board Process.

Questioning personal and social responsibility regarding past and current ethical issues surrounding clinical research and medicine.

Conducting clinical research using Good Clinical Practice guidelines

Learning to read, interpret, and present a published clinical research paper.

Understanding the types of clinical research design and basic biostatistics.

Understanding medical care and its effects on the patient and family.

Understanding how clinical research affects medical care, the patient, and the family.

Understanding how an Academic Medical Center efficiently provides excellent health care, quality service and research opportunities.