What type of studies does the Research Ethics Board review?
The REB will review all studies that qualify as research under the following definition: a systematic investigation including research development, testing and evaluation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. A human subject is defined as “a living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains (1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual or (2) identifiable private information. Non-research studies will not be reviewed. For example, quality improvement (QI) studies which typically aim to improve the quality of repetitive systems for high volume production or service delivery will not be reviewed. Established methods include identifying problems, proposing and implementing a solution, measuring the change expected to occur as a result of the solution and modifying the solution based on data gathered through monitoring activities. See Section I, Step II in REB Toolkit Chapter 1 for details on how to determine if your study i
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