PHYSCI 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Scientific Method, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act, Quality Assurance

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10 Feb 2020
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Research is important because it improves conditions and provides more info to make better medication: research is a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Clinical research goals: prevent disease, diagnose illness early. Evaluate comparative effectiveness: match the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. Systematic investigation requires use of the scientific method, which includes: making observations, formulating a hypothesis, designing an experiment to test the hypothesis, gathering the data and then analyzing it, making conclusions based on the experimental data. Advancing translational sciences (ncats: new proposed human subjects protection regulations in 2015. Federal government (national institutes of health: pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies (bring the drugs to the shelves, patient advocacy organizations, medical and professional societies, private foundations. Institutional review board (irb) (5 divisions, 3 general, 1 north campus, 1 north campus: data and safety monitoring boards. Informed consent process: research subject advocate (not enough subjects or equipment)

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