Choose a vulnerable population and describe the ethical issues surrounding this population. What is the role of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) in protecting vulnerable populations?

  1. View Human Subjects Research Training: “Protecting Human Subjects”
  2. PDF titled PHRP. Reflect on History, Codes and Regulations, Respect for Persons, Beneficence and Justice.
  3. Explore the Research Clinic

Choose a vulnerable population and describe the ethical issues surrounding this population.  What is the role of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) in protecting vulnerable populations?  Should the population be considered for research? Why is it important to have diverse populations sampled in research?

National Institute of Health (2008). Protecting Human research participants.  Retrieved from https://learn.americansentinel.edu/pluginfile.php/709455/course/section/110371/PHRP%20%282%29.pdf