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GCP and Ethics
Systems
Monitoring Visits
100

This "V" word means that a person in a research study decided to take part in the study because they wanted to, not because someone made them.

What is Volunteer?

100

A research study with human subjects.

What is a clinical research trial?

100

These 13 principles set an ethical scientific and practical standard for clinical research

What is Good Clinical Practice

100

This is a system used to record data electronically for clinical trial participants.

What is an electronic data capture system (EDC)

100

This person conducts visits to confirm site compliance with the protocol and data entry.

Who is a CRA/monitor

200

This "P" word is sometimes used in clinical trials and has no effect or treatment, but is important to compare active treatments to.

What is Placebo?

200

The process of ensuring that a research subject understands all aspects of the research study prior to volunteering to participate.

What is Informed Consent?

200

If this wasn't done, it didn't happen

What is Documentation

200

This ebinder houses all regulatory and study participant source documentation not available in Epic.

What is eFlorence

200

This person is responsible for scheduling and setting up monitor visits?

Who is a Data Coordinator

300

This "B" word means that you do not know what treatment or medication you are receiving in a research study, and sometimes neither does the study doctor.

What is Blinded?

300

This person performs study-related procedures. They work directly with patients to consent potential participants, assisting with participant visits, collect data, and administering treatments. 

Who is the study coordinator (ACRC/CRC)

300

Redaction of this type of information is needed to protect patient privacy

What is Protected Health Information (PHI)

300

This system contains tabs including: Notes, Results Review, Document Viewer, Meds.

What is Epic

300

A monitor can be referred to these resources for site monitoring frequency and duration.

What are Directives/Contract

400

In research, these people help protect research participants by reviewing and approving research at institutions before it can begin. Its initials are "IRB".

Who is the Institutional Review Board?

400

This is an undesirable experience that occurs during the clinical trial

What is an adverse event

400

In order to be granted access to research systems for a study, you must complete this form to confirm there is no conflict of interest

What is a Financial Disclosure

400

Data Coordinators utilize this system to identify who is on the study roster, any protocol or consent amendment approvals, modifications, and more.

What is the IRBe

400

These are the 3 systems that a monitor needs access to conduct the visit

What are: Epic Care Link (ECL), eFlorence, and Vestigo

500

This "R" word means that a research subject is assigned to a research study group completely by chance, either by a computer-generated number or other mechanism.

What is Randomization?

500

The main goal of the IRB

What is ensure the protection of the study participants?

500

I see this: Participant signs the informed consent before the Clinical Research Coordinator. Ethical or unethical?

What is Ethical

500

This system is where you go to upload de-identified images 

What is AMBRA

500

These entities employ monitors/CRA

Who is the Clinical Research Organization or Sponsor

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