An in-depth review of consent forms provided to volunteers for HIV/AIDS research in the United States and abroad about study procedures, risks and benefits has found that the forms were extremely long ...

Informed consent is one of the most important aspects of conducting ethical research with human participants. Respecting the autonomy of research participants, the investigator must provide complete ...

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations for the protection of human participants require that informed consent information be presented in language understandable to the participant ...

Background: Consent forms have become too long and often do little to help people understand the risk elements of their participation in research, instead focusing on risk reduction for research ...

The Revised Common Rule requires all clinical trials to post an unsigned consent form on a publicly available website. The Revised Common Rule is in effect for studies approved on or after January 21, ...

Obtaining informed consent is more than getting a signature on a form. Informed consent is one of the primary ethical considerations underlying research with human subjects. ALL human subject research ...

Federal regulations require that researchers obtain legally effective, documented, voluntary informed consent from prospective subjects (or subjects' legally authorized representatives) before ...

The goal of the informed consent process is to ensure that the research subject is treated with respect and human dignity. The process does this by safeguarding and advocating for the subject's right ...

Although exempt research is exempt from some of the federal regulations, in most cases of interaction with participants, a consent process is indicated. It’s important to understand that even though ...

When submitting a project through the eIRB system, researchers can request either a waiver of the need for signatures/documentation, or a waiver to alter or omit the entire consent process. In either ...

Prior to completing an application, you will need to satisfy training requirements. The Human Subject Research Orientation on Canvas will ultimately save you time in ...

The aims of this study were to determine which consent procedure patients prefer for use of stored tissue for research purposes and what the effects of consent procedures on actual consenting ...