Health Professions Education Research and the Institutional Review Board.
The growth in health professions education (HPE) and a desire on the part of nurse and medical educators to disseminate their work have raised important questions about the ethical conduct of education research. At the center of the debate is the institutional review board (IRB) and its proper role in the oversight of HPE research. This article examines the IRB process and types of reviews for education research and presents an Education Project Summary Template to use for IRB reviews.
Author Affiliations: Associate Professor of Medicine and Senior Fellow (Dr Heflin), Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham; Neonatologist, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (Dr DeMeo); Assistant Director for Accreditation (Dr Nagler), Validation and Credentialing, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois; and Bessie Baker Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research (Dr Hockenberry), Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina.
Mitchell T
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Heflin
Stephen
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DeMeo
Alisa
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Nagler
Marilyn J
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Hockenberry
D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000941:ethics*