Current
Medical schools and teaching hospitals value integrity and
accountability in the conduct of all research and vigilant
protection of the rights and welfare of patients and other
human subjects participating in research. Accepting external
support for research, especially from federal sources, entails
further obligation to meet all requirements to ensure the
ethical conduct of research activity and the appropriate stewardship
of funds and resources.
Recent federal actions have underscored the need to ensure
greater consistency of high standards for the protection for
human research participants, across the many settings in which
such research is carried out. The AAMC supports the Association
for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
(AAHRPP), incorporated in April 2001 and founded by bioethicists,
patient advocates, medical investigators, and research institutions.
AAHRPP is a nonprofit organization that offers accreditation
to institutions engaged in research involving human participants
using a voluntary, peer-driven, educational model.
Another major priority of the AAMC, following the address
by AAMC president Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., to the AAMC 2000
Annual Meeting, is the effective management of financial conflicts
of interest in clinical research.
AAMC Testimony
|
 |
Also on Government Affairs
Related Resources
AAMC Documents
|
