BACKGROUND: Trainees in hematology oncology need to learn development and regulation of clinical research protocols. METHODS: We hypothesized that rotation on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Protocol Review and Monitor Committee (PRMC) at our university could improve fellows' understanding of clinical trial development and regulation. RESULTS: Since 1999, 20 fellows in our training program have rotated through either IRB or PRMC for 3 months. We evaluated their experiences by anonymous questionnaire with 13 quantitative, 1 yes-or-no, and 4 open-ended questions and correlated responses to their demographic characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: We report here these fellow's experiences in attending these meetings. We also describe other benefits of IRB/PRMC participation in training fellows, and finally propose to other fellowship programs to consider this educational approach as a way of enhancing hematology/oncology training.
BACKGROUND: Trainees in hematology oncology need to learn development and regulation of clinical research protocols. METHODS: We hypothesized that rotation on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Protocol Review and Monitor Committee (PRMC) at our university could improve fellows' understanding of clinical trial development and regulation. RESULTS: Since 1999, 20 fellows in our training program have rotated through either IRB or PRMC for 3 months. We evaluated their experiences by anonymous questionnaire with 13 quantitative, 1 yes-or-no, and 4 open-ended questions and correlated responses to their demographic characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: We report here these fellow's experiences in attending these meetings. We also describe other benefits of IRB/PRMC participation in training fellows, and finally propose to other fellowship programs to consider this educational approach as a way of enhancing hematology/oncology training.
Authors: Y Nancy You; Kelly K Hunt; Mitchell C Posner; Joe B Putnam; Heidi Nelson; David M Ota; Peter W T Pisters Journal: Surgery Date: 2006-04 Impact factor: 3.982