Jan 21, 2016 in Research Our poor site master file for clinical research often gets neglected, we plan to spend Thursday afternoon filing and sorting but despite our best intentions, an SAE comes up, there are queries to be answered or more information is needed … Continue reading
Nov 13, 2015 in Management Skills, Professional Development, Research I designed this research study to find out more about the views of clinical nurse specialists who support clinical research study recruitment by inviting patients to take part in studies. I wanted to find out what they thought were barriers … Continue reading
Aug 20, 2015 in Professional Development, Research I love to see people thrive in their work; I get a buzz out of seeing people put their talents to work in clinical research and feel good about it. The more I learn about the people I work with, … Continue reading
Aug 18, 2015 in Collaborative Network, Professional Development, Research I recently visited Montreal and had the opportunity to meet with Linda Chin at McGill University research nurse working at Montreal’s newest hospital. How did you become a research nurse? Well, I was an agency nurse in oncology when their … Continue reading
Mar 19, 2015 in confidentiality, Ethics, Fidelity, informed consent, Justice, Non-maleficence, Recruitment and retention, Research, Research ethics, respect for autonomy, Veracity In the seventh and final blog in this series on the ethical principles underpinning research I’m going to consider ‘respect for autonomy’. This principle requires that researchers allow individuals to make free and voluntary decisions about participating in research after … Continue reading