This report provides a content summary of the workshop, based on plenary presentations and panel session transcripts posted on the FDA's website. 2 In her opening remarks, Dr. Janet Woodcock, Director of CDER, highlighted the importance of using innovative approaches in drug development to overcome challenges in characterizing drug safety and efficacy under the current drug development paradigm.
We conclude with a summary of the findings of the workshop based on the deliberation of seven working groups.
The addition of clearly stated objectives for the workshop based on the results of the Fresno test.
A final report from the workshop, based on the input from all of the participants, will be produced in the next few weeks, aiming to outline "what are the priorities for research funding, what are the barriers, and how to prioritize the work," Lienhard said.
Additionally, they will be used to assemble a list of topics for discussion during the workshops based on the issues presented and questions raised after the presentations.
Since we are very short of time now, the editing process starts with the capturing of the material on the laptop in the car on the way back to the workshop base.
While we used all of this language in the previous workshop, based on recommendations from Eisenkraft and colleagues from the University of Massachusetts at the recent 2012 National Science Teachers Association meeting (Eisenkraft, 2012), we are currently revising materials so as to more explicitly define application of both the first and the second laws of thermodynamics to each experience.
The Steering Group appraised the ranked scores from patients and professionals and selected 18 uncertainties to take forward to the priority setting workshop based on the highest ranking by both groups.
The digital storytelling approach used in this research was based on Lambert's (2010) Digital Storytelling Cookbook, because the researcher had attended a digital storytelling workshop based on the workshop method developed by Lambert and the Center for Digital Storytelling6.
Our objective was to evaluate the utility of an educational program consisting of a workshop based on the Take the HEAT communication strategy, designed specifically for addressing patients who are angry, using a novel tool to evaluate residents' skills in employing this method.
