Candilis Philip J, Lidz Charles W, Appelbaum Paul S, Arnold Robert M, Gardner William, Myers Suzanne, Grudzinskas Albert J, Simon Lorna J
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
IRB. 2012 Jul-Aug;34(4):15-20.
Institutional review boards (IRBs) are almost universally considered over-worked and under-staffed, at the same time requiring substantial commitments of time and resources. Although some surveys report average IRB memberships of 15 persons or more, federal regulations require only five. We present data on IRB meetings at 8 of the top 25 NIH-funded academic medical centers in the U.S., indicating substantial contributions from primary reviewers and chairs during protocol discussions but little from other members. The implications of these data for current IRB functioning are discussed and an alternative model proposed.
机构审查委员会(IRB)几乎普遍被认为工作负担过重且人员配备不足,同时还需要投入大量的时间和资源。尽管一些调查显示IRB的平均成员人数为15人或更多,但联邦法规仅要求5人。我们展示了美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)资助的25家顶尖学术医疗中心中8家的IRB会议数据,这些数据表明在方案讨论期间,主要审查员和主席做出了重大贡献,而其他成员的贡献很少。我们讨论了这些数据对当前IRB运作的影响,并提出了一种替代模式。