Improving quality of preclinical academic research through auditing: A feasibility study.

ABSTRACT: How much can we rely on whether what was reported in a study was actually done? Systematic and independent examination of records, documents and processes through audits are a central element of quality management systems. In the context of current concerns about the robustness and reproducibility of experimental biomedical research audits have been suggested as a remedy a number of times. However, audits are resource intense and time consuming, and due to their very nature may be perceived as inquisition. Consequently, there is very little experience or literature on auditing and assessments in the complex preclinical biomedical research environment. To gain some insight into which audit approaches might best suit biomedical research in academia, in this study we have applied a number of

SUBMITTER: Kurreck C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7561085 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature