Research Enterprise Newsletter - March 2009: Education & Training News

March CME on communicating adverse outcomes

The Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy at Vanderbilt will offer the continuing education activity "The How and When of Communicating Adverse Outcomes and Errors," March 19-20 at the Student Life Center. This course will focus on how to handle challenges when confronted with situations where adverse events or errors occur, and will interest leaders in medicine, nursing, risk management and patient safety. CME and Nursing CE credits available. All clinical specialties are welcome. For more information about this training event and others, go to mc.vanderbilt.edu/centers/cppa/courses.htm or call Anna Caruso at 936-8911.

Grants & Contracts training

The Office of Grants and Contracts Management offers training programs designed to educate medical center staff on both pre- and post-award research administration. Classes and registration information may be found at mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcm/?page=trainingcal.

IRB offers human subjects training

Upcoming VUMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) training is listed below. Register for IRB human subjects training at mc.vanderbilt.edu/irb/education/.

• What Goes on Behind Closed Doors: The IRB Committee Meetings
  03/12/2009
  Barbara Gibson, BSN, RN, CCRP, CIP and LuEllen Davie, BSN, CIP
  This session will provide information related to the IRB committee meetings and what the members look for while reviewing research studies. This session counts toward IRB continuing education requirements.
• Ready-to-Recruit or Ready-to-Consent Populations?: The Limits of Informed Consent
  03/18/2009
  Jill Fisher PhD Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
• IRB Research Matters: The Basics for Conducting Research at Vanderbilt
  03/24/2009
  Tony Medure, M.A., CIP, RAC
  This basic workshop provides a general overview of IRBs and information related to conducting research at Vanderbilt. This session counts toward IRB continuing education requirements.
• Clinical Research Immersion Boot Camp
  05/01/2009
  Research Support Services
  Research Orientation Program. This program provides fundamental information to support the development of skills and competencies essential to good clinical research practice. Participants may take the Purple shuttle from the MCN roundwing entrance to 2525 West End. This session is approved for IRB education credit. Lunch will be provided.

GCRC Weekly Skills Workshops slated

The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) is offering Weekly Skills Workshops every Friday from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. in the GCRC conference room, A-3210 MCN. Below are topics slated for upcoming workshops, which include a discussion, breakfast and CME credit. A schedule of upcoming workshops, handouts from previous sessions, and other resources can be found at mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/workshop.html.

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