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Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP)
Founded in 2003, The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and informing the public, patients, medical/research communities, the media, and policy makers about clinical research participation and the role that each party plays as a participant in the process.
http://www.ciscrp.org

HRSA's Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides this free on-line learning experience. It will help you . . .

• improve your patient communication skills
• increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency
• implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency

You may choose to take the course for credit (CEU/CE, CHES, CME, CNE) or not for credit. The course has five modules and is estimated to take a total of 5 hours to complete. You may complete the course at your own pace.
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Presentation by Dr. Barbara Pence at the Secretary’s Advisory Committee On Human Research Protections (SACHRP)
The Regulatory and Legislative Opportunity Team was invited to participate on a ”Diversity in Clinical Trials” panel at the July 31, 2007meeting of SACHRP, (SACHRP provides expert advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary for Health on issues and topics pertaining to or associated with the protection of human research subjects in research). Team Chairperson, Dr. Barbara Pence, Associate Dean for Research for the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Texas Tech University, presented information on the EDICT project and areas of policy research that are being pursued. She also contributed her team’s recommendations that SACHRP provide guidance to IRB’s on disparities in clinical trials, including accountability and enforcement for equitable inclusion, and research designs that take into account not only equitable participant accrual but also differential plans for retention of underrepresented populations.
To review the presentation by Dr. Pence see . . .
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp/mtgings/mtg07-07/present/PenceSACHRP_files/frame.htm

Proposed Clinical Research Policy Decision Memo
A Presentation by Leslye K. Fitterman, PhD of the Coverage and Analysis Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Delivered via WebEx call on 4/27/2007.)