Assignment: Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board
In a 3 pages paper, conduct research on the topic of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and address the following:
I. Explain the primary responsibilities and priorities of the IRB.
II. Identify an organization, such as a research hospital or pharmaceutical company, that involves human research subjects including all of the following at-risk populations:
i. children
ii. women
iii. minorities
iv. cognitively impaired subjects
III. Describe the organization's specific guidelines/policies regarding conducting research on each of the at-risk, human populations listed above.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.