Proofreading in the Clinical Trials Industry Proofreading has taken on many forms over the centuries, from monks striving for accuracy as they hand-copied books by candlelight, to the modern-day English teacher’s red pen guiding students to improve their writing. I can recall as a college…
A simple strategy for effective organizational leadership In Stephen Covey’s book First Things First the author asserts that, “If we want to create significant change in the results, we can’t just change attitudes and behaviors, methods or techniques; we have to change the basic paradigms…
A Q&A with Johnna Medina, a clinical psychology doctoral student at the University of Texas, regarding government-funded research grants. Part I of II Who pays for clinical research? Nearly 75% of clinical trials are paid for by private companies, but where does the rest of…
The Steps of Continuous Improvement As I watched an episode of Aerial America regarding the Hawaiian Islands, I became fascinated with the story of the Polynesians who settled that land approximately 2000 years ago. As I reflected on what a journey like that must have…
As a young girl growing up on my family’s Minnesota dairy farm, my plastic ice cream pail held many types of eggs at the end of the day. One of my chores was to traipse all over our farm to scout out the location of…