Costs and inconsistencies in US IRB review of low-risk medical education research

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 634-637

  Kano, Miria ^a   Getrich, Christina M ^a   Romney, Crystal ^a   Sussman, Andrew L ^a   Williams, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929410855     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12693     Document Type: Article

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