During an Institutional Review Board (IRB) meeting, any IRB member who may have a potential COI with a study under review should:A. Disclose their potential COI and not participate in any actionB. Disclose their potential COI, but not answer any questions about the studyC. Disclose their potential COI and may answer questions, but recuse themselves from votingD. Leave the meeting immediately

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Samir Coleman

5 May, 04:34

During an Institutional Review Board (IRB) meeting, any IRB member who may have a potential COI with a study under review should:A. Disclose their potential COI and not participate in any actionB. Disclose their potential COI, but not answer any questions about the studyC. Disclose their potential COI and may answer questions, but recuse themselves from votingD. Leave the meeting immediately

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Giana Cross · Answer 1

C. Disclose their potential COI and may answer questions, but recuse themselves from voting

Explanation:

Disclose their potential conflict of interest and may answer questions, but recuse themselves from voting because the conflict of interest management plan aims at providing procedures or extras steps to be taken to reduce the risk of bias when a conflict of interest is disclosed.

A researcher's membership on an advisory board with an organization sponsoring research can create a conflict of interest because it may be difficult for the researcher to appear neutral, as the researcher may have an interest in the research's success