If you thought you heard the angels singing today, your ears weren’t playing tricks on you – they really were singing (the angels, not your ears). Why? Because the required human subject protection training taken online at citiprogram.org is now valid for three years, up from the previous two years. That means you and your […]

Attention all Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) staffers who use CLARA: CLARA is able to accommodate a change to an ACH email address! Reliable sources who work in ACH compliance tell us that ACH staffers are in the process of transitioning to ACH email addresses, which will be used instead of uams.edu addresses. CLARA automatically defaults […]

If you’re looking to earn credits for the Certified Research Specialist credential at the time and place most convenient to you, check out the latest online Research News Blog quiz that’s now available. To access the quiz, go to learnondemand.org and click on “login” at upper right. Then, once the login process is complete, type “IRB” […]

The Spring 2016 calendar is filling up with educational opportunities for those seeking to obtain their Certified Research Specialist certification. Here are some upcoming live activities, so mark your calendars to earn some hours: Essentials of Quality Human Subject Research. Wednesday, February 10, 9am to 4pm; IDW 214A/B Developing a Research Protocol. Thursday, February 18, 1 […]

Arkansas state law requires certain individuals to report suspected abuse or an intent to harm oneself or others. Healthcare providers and teachers are among these so-called “mandated reporters;” see IRB policy 15.1 for the full list (it’s surprisingly long) of reporters. This reporting requirement is a limit to the confidentiality of research data that must […]

The UAMS IRB requires all study personnel who interact with subjects or with identifiable private information to be current on human subject protection training through citiprogram.org. Please note that not all CITI trainings are the same, and the IRB asks that you take the UAMS-specific training. To do this, please be certain to affiliate with […]

We’ve gotten a query or two in recent weeks asking if we can waive the requirement for continuing review (CR), since, say, the IRB just approved a modification so it must have just reviewed the study anyway, or there hasn’t been anything new on the study in the past year. Our short answer to requests asking […]

Because the UAMS IRB meets only on the first four Tuesdays of every month, there will be no meeting on Dec. 29th, which is a fifth Tuesday. If you have something awaiting review, the next available agenda is for Tuesday, Jan. 5. Looking ahead to 2016, we notice that  March, May, and August all have […]

CLARA generally allows only one form at a time to be under IRB review. This restriction means, for example, you can’t submit a modification on a study until your new submission is approved, or, importantly, you can’t submit a continuing review (CR) form while a modification is outstanding. The only exceptions are that CLARA will […]

CLARA has always given you an overview of your whole study’s progress through the submission and review process via the “History” tab. The new “Timeline” option can quickly update you on a particular form’s progress. To access the timeline, log into your study in CLARA, click on the form you’re interested in, and then look […]