Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Distinguish between quality improvement, non-human subjects research, and human subjects research.
2. Describe the purpose of the ISRC and the IRB
3. List the pre-requisites for participating in research
4. Summarize the available research support

Faculty

Alexander Knee, M.S.

Program Manager, Epidemiology/ Biostatistics Research Core (Office of Research)
Biostatistician
Baystate Medical Center

Jennifer Pacheco, MPH, CIM, CIP

Director of Healthcare Research Compliance

Chief Research Compliance Officer

Baystate Health

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.