Marc Polacco, a recent graduate of the Carver College of Medicine, and his colleagues administered an anonymous online survey of medical students, interns, and faculty to examine self-reported adherence to hand hygiene opportunities. They found variation in self-reported adherence ranged from...
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The aim of this study was to test the separate effectiveness of interactivity and multimedia at improving participant understanding and confidence in understanding of informed consent compared with a standard, face-to-face biobank consent process. A 2 (face-to-face versus multimedia) x 2 (standard...
The UIHC Ethics Consult Service is a resource for patients, family members, or health professionals at UIHC who would like help addressing an ethical question or problem related to a patient's care. An Ethics Consult involves trained ethics consultants who respond to requests for help from...
The public’s voice has been nearly absent in discussions on managing genomic incidental findings. This article by a team of University of Iowa researchers, including Dr. Simon of the Program of Bioethics and Humanities, reports on nine focus groups and nine interviews (n =63) with a broad cross-...
The mission of the Clinical Research Ethics Consultation Service (CRECS) is to assist clinical investigators in identifying and addressing the ethical challenges that frequently arise when designing or conducting research with human subjects. The service provides free consultation on ethical issues...