Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the purpose of the ISRC and IRB.
2. Distinguish between quality improvement-non-human research and human research
3. List the pre-requisites for participating in research.

4. Summarize the research support available at Baystate.

Faculty

Alex Knee, MS 
Biostatistician
Baystate Health

Judy Pride, RN, MSHS, CCRC, CCRP, CIP

Education and Compliance Specialist

Human Research Protection Program

Baystate Health

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.