Refections on running training workshops for research ethics committee members in Spain between 2001 and 2008

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 552-559

  Baños, Josep E ^a   Lucena, M Isabel ^b   Serés, Elisabet ^c   Bosch, Fèlix ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^c Esteve Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; SKILL; SPAIN; TRAINING; WORKSHOP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78650595699     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.552     Document Type: Article

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