Asunto(s)
Betacoronavirus , Investigación Biomédica/normas , Infecciones por Coronavirus , Difusión de la Información/métodos , Publicación de Acceso Abierto/normas , Pandemias , Revisión de la Investigación por Pares/tendencias , Neumonía Viral , Informe de Investigación/normas , COVID-19 , Simulación por Computador , Infecciones por Coronavirus/virología , Humanos , Publicación de Acceso Abierto/provisión & distribución , Seguridad del Paciente , Revisión de la Investigación por Pares/normas , Neumonía Viral/virología , Control de Calidad , SARS-CoV-2 , Factores de Tiempo , Carga de TrabajoRESUMEN
The Mississippi IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Grant P20GM103476) launched the new Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholars (MIOS) summer research program in 2019. The program was designed to offer students community outreach and research experiences related to the study of behavioral and health disparities life sciences. The program was adapted in early 2020 to offer the program in a fully online format in the summer of 2020. This article details the program adaptations and discusses program evaluation data related to scholars' perceptions of program benefits and expectations and their confidence in research-related skills. The program evaluation was a mixed-method approach that included a qualitative postprogram survey and a pre-post quantitative survey. Scholars identified technical and communication skill building and resilience as areas of personal growth. Overall, the program met scholars' expectations for the program and significantly improved their confidence on 8 of the 19 (with confidence interval estimated differences from 0.3 to 2.56, where a difference of 1 is an improvement across 1 anchor on a Likert-type scale) various research-related tasks/skills after completion of the program. The analyses presented demonstrated that a combined qualitative and quantitative analysis approach is useful for examining the extent to which programs such as Mississippi INBRE are meeting goals of providing a rich research experience in health disparities for a diverse student body. Future longitudinal data may be examined to explore the long-term impact of MIOS on career preparation and choices and graduate education.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholars program is a summer research program for Mississippi college students that was successfully adapted to a fully online environment amidst the coronavirus-19 pandemic.
Asunto(s)
Investigación Biomédica/educación , COVID-19/epidemiología , Pandemias , Disciplinas de las Ciencias Biológicas , Investigación Biomédica/normas , Relaciones Comunidad-Institución , Disparidades en Atención de Salud , Humanos , Mississippi , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud/métodos , Estudiantes , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Realidad VirtualAsunto(s)
Betacoronavirus/patogenicidad , Investigación Biomédica/normas , Infecciones por Coronavirus , Pandemias , Neumonía Viral , Reportes Públicos de Datos en Atención de Salud , Edición/normas , COVID-19 , Exactitud de los Datos , Humanos , Difusión de la Información , Periodismo Médico , Publicaciones Periódicas como Asunto/normas , Control de Calidad , Investigadores , SARS-CoV-2 , Mala Conducta CientíficaAsunto(s)
Investigación Biomédica/normas , COVID-19/psicología , Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo/etiología , Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo/psicología , Adolescente , COVID-19/epidemiología , Niño , Preescolar , Humanos , Lactante , Pandemias , Edición , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , SARS-CoV-2Asunto(s)
Investigación Biomédica , Recolección de Datos , Internet , Selección de Paciente , Psiquiatría , Interfaz Usuario-Computador , Adulto , Investigación Biomédica/organización & administración , Investigación Biomédica/normas , Exactitud de los Datos , Humanos , Simulación de Enfermedad/diagnóstico , Psiquiatría/organización & administración , Psiquiatría/normasAsunto(s)
Investigación Biomédica , Investigación Biomédica/normas , Investigación Biomédica/tendencias , Vacunas contra la COVID-19/provisión & distribución , Ética en Investigación , Salud Global , Humanos , Difusión de la Información , Pandemias/prevención & control , Publicaciones Periódicas como AsuntoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: The importance of infectious disease epidemic forecasting and prediction research is underscored by decades of communicable disease outbreaks, including COVID-19. Unlike other fields of medical research, such as clinical trials and systematic reviews, no reporting guidelines exist for reporting epidemic forecasting and prediction research despite their utility. We therefore developed the EPIFORGE checklist, a guideline for standardized reporting of epidemic forecasting research. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We developed this checklist using a best-practice process for development of reporting guidelines, involving a Delphi process and broad consultation with an international panel of infectious disease modelers and model end users. The objectives of these guidelines are to improve the consistency, reproducibility, comparability, and quality of epidemic forecasting reporting. The guidelines are not designed to advise scientists on how to perform epidemic forecasting and prediction research, but rather to serve as a standard for reporting critical methodological details of such studies. CONCLUSIONS: These guidelines have been submitted to the EQUATOR network, in addition to hosting by other dedicated webpages to facilitate feedback and journal endorsement.
Asunto(s)
Investigación Biomédica/normas , COVID-19/epidemiología , Lista de Verificación/normas , Epidemias , Guías como Asunto/normas , Proyectos de Investigación , Investigación Biomédica/métodos , Lista de Verificación/métodos , Enfermedades Transmisibles/epidemiología , Epidemias/estadística & datos numéricos , Predicción/métodos , Humanos , Reproducibilidad de los ResultadosAsunto(s)
Betacoronavirus , Investigación Biomédica/normas , Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología , Comités de Ética en Investigación/normas , Neumonía Viral/epidemiología , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto/normas , Proyectos de Investigación/normas , Antivirales/uso terapéutico , Investigación Biomédica/estadística & datos numéricos , COVID-19 , China/epidemiología , Formularios de Consentimiento/normas , Formularios de Consentimiento/estadística & datos numéricos , Contención de Riesgos Biológicos/normas , Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Coronavirus/terapia , Humanos , Interferón-alfa/uso terapéutico , Medicina Tradicional China/efectos adversos , Estudios Observacionales como Asunto/estadística & datos numéricos , Pandemias , Neumonía Viral/diagnóstico , Neumonía Viral/terapia , Proyectos de Investigación/estadística & datos numéricos , SARS-CoV-2 , Tamaño de la Muestra , Factores de Tiempo , Organización Mundial de la SaludAsunto(s)
Investigación Biomédica/normas , Animales , Investigación Biomédica/ética , Decepción , Medicina Basada en la Evidencia , Humanos , Medios de Comunicación de Masas , América del Norte , Charlatanería , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Sociedades Médicas/organización & administración , Sociedades Médicas/tendenciasRESUMEN
The unequal social and economic burden of the COVID-19 pandemic is evident in racialized and low-income communities across Canada. Importantly, social inequities have not been adequately addressed and current public policies are not reflective of the needs of diverse populations. Public participation in decision-making is crucial and there is, therefore, a pressing need to increase diversity of representation in patient partnerships in order to prevent the further exclusion of socially marginalized groups from research and policy making. Deliberate effort and affirmative action are needed to meaningfully engage and nurture diverse patient partnerships by broadening the scope of the patient community to include excluded or underrepresented individuals or groups. This will help us co-develop ways to enhance access and equity in healthcare and prevent the systematic reproduction of structural inequalities that have already been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asunto(s)
Investigación Biomédica/normas , COVID-19/terapia , Atención a la Salud/normas , Equidad en Salud/normas , Política de Salud , Selección de Paciente , Proyectos de Investigación/normas , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Canadá , Femenino , Guías como Asunto , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2RESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: Emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased use of telemedicine in health care delivery. Telemedicine facilitates long-term clinical care for monitoring and prevention of complications of diabetes mellitus. GUIDELINES: Precise indications for teleconsultation, clinical care services which can be provided, and good clinical practices to be followed during teleconsultation are explained. Guidance on risk assessment and health education for diabetes risk factors, counselling for blood glucose monitoring, treatment compliance, and prevention of complications are described. CONCLUSION: The guidelines will help physicians in adopting teleconsultation for management of diabetes mellitus, facilitate access to diabetes care and improve health outcomes.
Asunto(s)
COVID-19/epidemiología , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/terapia , Consulta Remota/normas , Investigación Biomédica/organización & administración , Investigación Biomédica/normas , COVID-19/prevención & control , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/métodos , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/organización & administración , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/normas , Atención a la Salud/organización & administración , Atención a la Salud/normas , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiología , Testimonio de Experto , Humanos , India/epidemiología , Pandemias , Consulta Remota/métodos , Consulta Remota/organización & administración , Telemedicina/organización & administración , Telemedicina/normasRESUMEN
With the rapid spread of SARS-CoV2 has come a rapid proliferation of clinical research studies, resulting in considerable strain on research ethics committees (RECS), which need to review study proposals. RECs are pressured to move through the review process quickly so that studies can get underway to address the pandemic. These committees are also asked to increase efficiency without relaxing the standards for ethical review. RECs are accustomed to external pressure for approval from investigators; however, in the Covid-19 era, this pressure is coming from not only the sponsors and investigators but also many other stakeholders, including world leaders, the community, the media, and professional organizations. Drawing on the authors' experiences on a central REC reviewing complex multicenter Covid-19 studies, this commentary describes challenges that are inherent to Covid-19 research studies, such as the difficulty of obtaining informed consent from patients ill with the highly infectious virus. The commentary recommends several steps that RECs can take to ensure ethical review of research studies during the Covid-19 pandemic and future infectious disease outbreaks.