TY - JOUR
T1 - Variability in Institutional Board Review for a Multisite Assessment of Resident Professionalism
AU - Linden, Judith A.
AU - Schneider, Jeffrey I.
AU - Cotter, Andrea
AU - Drexel, Sabrina
AU - Frosch, Emily
AU - Martin, Niels D.
AU - Canavan, Colleen
AU - Holtman, Matthew
AU - Mitchell, Patricia M.
AU - Feldman, James A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Residents serve as both trainees and employees and can be considered potentially vulnerable research participants. This can lead to variation in the institutional review board (IRB) review. We studied sites participating in the Assessment of Professional Behaviors Study sponsored by the National Board of Medical Examiners (2009-2011). Of the 19 sites, all but one were university affiliated. IRB review varied; 2/19 did not submit to a local IRB, 4/17 (23%) were exempt, 11/17 (65%) were expedited, and 2/17 (12%) required full Board review; 12/17 (71%) required written informed consent. The interval from submission to approval was 1 to 2 months (8/17); the range was 1 to 7 months. Although most stated there were no major barriers to approval, the most common concern was resident coercion and loss of confidentiality. Local IRB review of this educational research study varied.
AB - Residents serve as both trainees and employees and can be considered potentially vulnerable research participants. This can lead to variation in the institutional review board (IRB) review. We studied sites participating in the Assessment of Professional Behaviors Study sponsored by the National Board of Medical Examiners (2009-2011). Of the 19 sites, all but one were university affiliated. IRB review varied; 2/19 did not submit to a local IRB, 4/17 (23%) were exempt, 11/17 (65%) were expedited, and 2/17 (12%) required full Board review; 12/17 (71%) required written informed consent. The interval from submission to approval was 1 to 2 months (8/17); the range was 1 to 7 months. Although most stated there were no major barriers to approval, the most common concern was resident coercion and loss of confidentiality. Local IRB review of this educational research study varied.
KW - graduate medical education
KW - institutional review boards
KW - medical professionalism
KW - research ethics committees
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U2 - 10.1177/1556264619831895
DO - 10.1177/1556264619831895
M3 - Article
C2 - 30866723
AN - SCOPUS:85062822024
SN - 1556-2646
VL - 14
SP - 117
EP - 125
JO - Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
JF - Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
IS - 2
ER -