How is Professional Practice distinguished from Research?
Individuals engaged in professional practice are not considered to be engaged in research. Professional practice should follow the ethical standards and guidelines of the relevant profession rather than the federal guidelines for research involving humans. An applicant is engaged in professional practice when learning or doing the work of the profession. In general, professional practice involves the development of skills which are considered standard practice within a profession or field and includes information-gathering processes that are typically a part of the normal relationship between a parctitioner in a field and the people the they interact with in that context. Examples of this include clinical practice in nursing, the collection of information for journalistic purposes, marketing surveys, the provision of advice to a client, and the process of evaluating or auditing in conjunction with professional course work or field placement. Not withstanding the above, if a course invo
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