Choose a fellow student’s post and provide an example (i.e. create a “story” that applies the concept). For example, if a students discussed the rules of searching a vehicle trunk, you are to provide an example (i.e. a little story) of a police office conducting either an illegal or a legal search of a vehicle trunk. This learning process is called “application” and will enhance your critical thinking skills.

Choose a fellow student’s post and provide an example (i.e. create a “story” that applies the concept). For example, if a students discussed the rules of searching a vehicle trunk, you are to provide an example (i.e. a little story) of a police office conducting either an illegal or a legal search of a vehicle trunk. This learning process is called “application” and will enhance your critical thinking skills. This forces you to “think”, not just to memorize and regurgitate material, which any circus-trained monkey can do. The goal is to prepare you for the real world, which will expect you to think independently. If you are ready to submit your second post, but there are insufficient initial posts for you to choose one, then you can pick a topic from the reading assignments and simply provide an example (i.e. an example/story) for that topic. There is no word count for these posts. These posts are due by Sundays of weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8 (Week 8 ends on a Wednesday, not on Sunday)

Clinical Trials in Developing Nations!

Clinical trials refer to research investigations conducted to test new treatments with the primary aim of preventing, detecting, treating and managing different diseases. In recent past, the number of multinational companies conducting clinical trials in developing countries has been on the rise. This increase is due to some of the following factors; the cost of conducting clinical trials in third world countries is less expensive, fewer formalities/regulations are required when conducting the trials in these nations, as well as volunteers for trials been readily available in developing countries. Despite the increase in the number of clinical trials undertaken in developing countries, many of these trials do not follow the stipulated ethical standards. For instance, Helsinki Declaration’s advocates that clinical trial participants should receive the best treatment during and after the end of the trial (Varmus et al. 1003); this, however, has not been the case in developing nations. Achievement of informed consent as required by the Clinical Trials Chapter 35 has not been possible in many of the developing countries due to challenges such as language barriers and the difference in relationship level between the doctor and the patient. Clinical trials chapter 35 requires that scientists be committed to life sciences and avoid financial pressure. In many developing countries, this has not been the case as many researchers conducting clinical trials have been more of profit oriented, where they have tended to concentrate on welfare diseases, which are more profitable instead of combating tropical diseases, which are the most common in this region. Execution of clinical trials in developing countries has many benefits. Ethical considerations should be put in place to ensure they meet the intended objectives.