CWRU Faculty & Staff Authors

Narrates the unique history and deep impact of the Doctor of Management (DM) Programs, initially called the Executive Doctor of Management (EDM) Program, on students, alumni and their practices, and the lives of involved faculty. Most of the time the impact of new educational innovations like the DM Program, which began 25 years ago, are reported in number of degrees, number of articles, and other forms of scholarly impact such as citation numbers. Behind those numbers, which are significant among the students and alumni of the DM Programs, are real stories of people, their aspirations, struggles, failures, successes, and hopes. In their narratives, we can find the lived experiences of people being transformed...

The editors offer a guide to the practical and ethical issues in the conduct of clinical research coordinators that places the topic in broad international perspective by including approaches from the European Union, Japan, Canada, and the United States. Thirteen chapters discuss ethics and human subjects protection, responsible conduct, the informed consent process, pediatric informed consent and assent, study implementation and start-up, recruitment and retention of research subjects, documentation, quality assurance in clinical trials, communication, education and training, and future trends in professionalization.