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Click on a Help Topic below.
Site Navigation
The navigation bar in red at the top of most pages will give
you access to many useful tools in the web site:
Search - From this page you can access the site's
search engine, where you will be able to search for key
words in the slide shows that accompany lectures.
FAQ - From this page you can read Frequently Asked
Questions about the Good Practices in Clinical Research
web course. You can also submit a question of your own and
search the database of answers to questions.
Help - (This is the page you are currently on.)
The Help page provides information on navigating the web
site, course certification, viewing the lectures, and provides
a place to report technical difficulties. The Help page
will open in a new window. When you find the information
you need, simply close the window to return to the web course.
Tech Test - Taking the Tech Test will ensure that
your computer is set up properly to view the lectures and
access the interactive features of this web site. The Tech
Test will open in a new window. When you complete the Tech
Test, simply close the window to return to the web course.
Site Map - From the Site Map, you can quickly access
any page of this web site.
Home - Go back to the Good Practices in Clinical
Research Home page at any time from this button. From the
Home page, you can read about the Good Practices in Clinical
Research course and access the Study Guide.
The navigation bar in blue on the left side of your screen
on most pages (sometimes the blue navigation bar will be at
the top of the page) will give you access to the content of
the Good Practices in Clinical Research web course:
Introduction - View Dr. Robert H. Rubin's video
introduction from this page.
Lectures - From this page you can access all of
the lectures in both English and Spanish as well as the
printable Course Checklist. You can also reach the Interactive
Exercises and Site Evaluation Survey from this page.
Exercises - From this page you can access the two
Interactive Exercises.
Instructors - This page lists the instructors of
this web course. From here, you can click on an instructor's
name to read his/her biography.
Library - This page lists all of the readings for
the course.
Glossary - From this page, you can access medical
glossaries on the World Wide Web.
Topic Index - This page provides quick and easy
access to the lectures and is organized by topic.
Note - No matter where you are in the web
site, you can always access all of the pages from the bottom
of the page.
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Course Certification
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Lectures
This on-line learning environment includes digitized video
and audio files of the Good Practices in Clinical Research
lectures. You will want to set up your computer for accessing
these files and test that it works before proceeding to the
actual lectures. If you have not already set up and tested
your computer, please go to the Tech
Test page now.
Languages
Lectures are offered in both English and Spanish and should
be viewed in the order listed. To view a lecture, click on
the desired language.
The English option provides video and slides for all
but two lectures: Lecture 6, "Phases of Drug Development"
and Lecture 17, "Trial Monitoring". For these
lectures, audio and slides are provided.
The Spanish option provides audio and slides for all
lectures. Four lectures provide video and slides in
Spanish as well. These are: Lecture 6, "Phases of
Drug Development," Lecture 10, "Evaluation
of a Clinical Research Site," Lecture 17, "Trial
Monitoring," and Lecture 20, "ICIC: A Model
of a Private Health Institution for Clinical Research."
Viewing Instructions
Click on your choice of Video 
or Audio 
for each lecture segment. The slide show and video/audio will
play simultaneously in two separate windows as illustrated
below:
Picture of a lecture with RealPlayer window
on upper left side of screen and accompanying slide show on
right side of screen.
Note - If you choose a video or audio option, you
may still click ahead through the slides - you will automatically
be brought back to the relevant slide when the lecturer refers
to it.
Which format should I choose?
- Choose High Speed
if you have DSL, Cable modem, or are connected by Ethernet.
- Choose ISDN
if you have an ISDN Internet connection.
- Choose 56k Modem
if you have a 56k dial-up modem.
- Choose Audio
if your Internet connection is slower than 56k, or you have
difficulty viewing the videos with a 56k modem connection.
- Choose Slides Only
to review the slides in a lecture. With Slides Only, you
can click through the slide show at your own pace.
- Choose Transcript
if you wish to view a PDF (printable) transcript of the
lecture.
Are you having problems seeing the video? Try the following:
- Sometimes it takes several seconds for a video to download.
- Make sure you are using a current version of RealPlayer
(as of this writing, RealPlayer 8 is the most current version).
- If you have a 56k modem, and the video does not appear,
or frequently stalls, you may be experiencing network congestion.
Select the audio-only version instead.
- If you have a modem slower than 56k, select the audio-only
version.
- Try the clips at RealNetworks.
If you can't view any of their sample RealVideo clips, go
to the RealNetworks
Help Page.
* If you cannot access the video lectures due to bandwidth
limitations, please contact the system administrator at XXX-XXX-XXXX
to receive a CD-ROM containing all of the lectures.
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Technical Assistance
If you are experiencing difficulties of a technical nature,
please send an email to the Systems Administrator at email@email.com
or by telephone at XXX-XXX-XXXX.
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