The sample consent forms are being provided to you as a tool. They contain all of the required elements of an acceptable consent form. While we strongly recommend that you follow the format that we ...

The use of deception or incomplete disclosure limits the subject's ability to make a fully informed decision of whether to participate in the research — one of the essential ethical concerns in human ...

Each proposal must include the following (please use one of the templates at the bottom of this page for your IRB submission): NOTE: When departments or Principal Investigators repeatedly use ...

Before people participate in research, it is important to provide them with all relevant information. This is important among other things to explain to them what the research involves, what they can ...