You have been directed to this site so that you can download course materials related to the Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research course. These materials are referenced in an update of an e-learning course designed to enable learners to apply good clinical practice (GCP) principles to clinical research investigations involving human subjects as they specifically apply to social and behavioral research.
The program was updated with funding from the NIH (grant # U01 TR003409-01S1) and by investigators at the University of Michigan, PI Susan L. Murphy. There are ten modules: Introduction, Research Protocol, Recruitment and Retention, Informed Consent, Privacy and Confidentiality, Participant Safety and Adverse Event Reporting, Quality Control and Assurance, Research Misconduct, Community and Stakeholder Engagement, and Conclusion.
The e-learning course is available to take through participating academic institutions and source files are available through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (https://obssr.od.nih.gov/training/online-training-resources).
Course materials available for download below.
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References and Resources
This document includes references used to develop and update the course, and the resources and tools suggested by the course creators, organized by course module.
Work Aids
This compilation of documents includes templates and tools to assist in learning the concepts presented in the course modules or to help in the application of principles learned in the course. An example of a work aid included is a checklist to assist research staff in completing a thorough informed consent process with a potential participant.
Course Study Manual
A course study manual, organized by module, is provided to assist in applying best practices to your work. Questions regarding your specific work situation related to each course topic are posed to facilitate thinking through issues that affect participant safety and research quality.
Publications
Murphy SL, Byks-Jazayeri C, Calvin-Naylor N, et al. Best practices in social and behavioral research: report from the Enhancing Clinical Research Professional’s Training and Qualifications project. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.2017;1(1):26-32.
Murphy SL, Samuels EM, Kolb HR, Behar-Horenstein LS, Champagne E, Byks-Jazayeri C, Hahn J, Roth MT, Ennever F, Bajwa W, Singh M, Homish GG, Dubocovich ML. Best Practices in Social and Behavioral Research: A multisite pilot evaluation of the good clinical practice online training course. J Clin Transl Sci. 2018 Aug 8;2(2):95-102. doi: 10.1017/cts.2018.27. PMID: 31660222; PMCID: PMC6798520.
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.2018;2(2):95-102.
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