What criteria are used in reviewing human subjects forms?
The human subjects form (IRB-1) should provide a brief, but complete description of the proposed research. It should respond adequately to all relevant questions. Handwritten forms are not acceptable and researchers are advised to maintain a back-up copy on their computer or disk to facilitate revisions. Human subjects reviewers are checking primarily for compliance with protection of human subjects protocol along with clarity in the description of proposed research. The reviewer will also provide a quick check for spelling, language or grammatical errors and will contact the researcher with any questions or suggestions to revise the document. Since this document may be seen by others outside of the university it is important that the approved draft is of the highest quality possible. The Campus Institutional Review Board Basic Elements of Informed Consent checklist is a useful tool for considering your proposed project in terms of the general requirements for obtaining informed consen
