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National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education, 2008
Mini-Med Schools are public education programs now offered by more than 70 medical schools, universities, research institutions, and hospitals across the nation. There are even Mini-Med Schools in Ireland, Malta, and Canada! The program is typically a lecture series that meets once a week and provides "mini-med students" information on some of the…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Public Education, School Community Relationship, Program Evaluation
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Gunsalus, C. K.; Bruner, Edward M.; Burbules, Nicholas C.; Dash, Leon; Finkin, Matthew; Goldberg, Joseph P.; Greenough, William T.; Miller, Gregory A.; Pratt, Michael G.; Iriye, Masumi; Aronson, Deb – Qualitative Inquiry, 2007
Our system of research self-regulation, designed to provide internal checks and balances for those who participate in research involving human subjects, is under considerable stress. Much of this crisis has been caused by what we call mission creep, in which the workload of IRBs has expanded beyond their ability to handle effectively. Mission…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Ethics, Research Administration, Research Methodology
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Thorndyke, Luanne E.; Bixler, Bonnie J.; Carubia, Josephine M. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2004
The Penn State Mini Medical School is a high-impact community engagement program created and led by the Office of Continuing Education at the Penn State College of Medicine. The broad goals of the program are to respond to the general public's intense desire for health and medical information, to educate the community about biomedical science and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Health Services, Medical Schools, Higher Education