Perhaps you could make an analogy from hospital nursing research committees
to interdisciplinary ones.   Try the CINAHL heading Committees (focus) AND
explode Research - leads to 84 citations, not all relevant.  I tried explode
Clinical Research, but that was too narrow. Given the hours that wil be
spent in meetings of this committee, screening 84 citations is not too bad.

Good luck - Peg

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From: Dyckman, Lise M. (SMMC) <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: query - screening research projects before submitting to IRB appr
oval?


> I've had no luck looking in the usual databases (Medline, HStar, CINAHL)
for
> that mythical article on this topic. Do any of us have experience with
> something like this?
>
> Our IRB is somewhat frustrated by getting research proposals from
different
> sources within the hospital for very similar projects. There's a proposal
to
> set up an advisory group to look over research projects before they're
> submitted to the IRB, to screen them for duplication (with
already-published
> research or with other current projects at that institution), for study
> design, etc. The focus of this previewing process would be for good
science
> and new research, not necessarily for protection of human subjects (which
is
> the IRB's responsibility).
>
> Your thoughts would be much appreciated!
>
> -- Lise M. Dyckman
>    Solomon Medical Library
>    St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco
>    (415) 750-5795
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