Journal article
New challenges facing interinstitutional social science and educational program evaluation research at academic health centers: a case study from the ELAM program
Academic medicine, v 81(6), pp 527-534
01 Jun 2006
PMID: 16728800
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Abstract
Since the mid-1990s, the protection of human subjects through institutional review boards (IRBs) has progressively broadened in scope. In this case study, the authors describe their challenges in effectively handling IRB processes to conduct educational and social sciences research within academic health centers, particularly (1) complications in conducting longitudinal interinstitutional research that involves multiple IRBs, each with different procedures that changed over ten years; and (2) factors affecting consent form and survey response rates when applying the biomedical IRB process to obtain the consent of human subjects for participation in social and educational research. The authors had a unique opportunity to follow the effect of changes in consent forms (from no form to a one-page form to a three-page form requiring signature of a witness), ways of administration (in person or by mail), and time of administration (at the time of the program or years later) on consent form and survey response rates among medical and dental school faculty members. The authors explore the extended timelines required for data collection and increased costs in dealing with these issues, as well as the effects on response rates of consent form language and administration procedures. The authors recommend strategies to lessen adverse effects of dealing with multiple IRBs at different institutions for social science and educational research, and discuss policy implications for funders, institutions and investigators.
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- Title
- New challenges facing interinstitutional social science and educational program evaluation research at academic health centers: a case study from the ELAM program
- Creators
- Page S Morahan - Drexel UniversityHisashi YamagataSharon A McDadeRosalyn RichmanRay FrancisVictoria C Odhner
- Publication Details
- Academic medicine, v 81(6), pp 527-534
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000237963100006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33745503505
- Other Identifier
- 991019167972104721
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- Education, Scientific Disciplines
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