It can be a rewarding experience to participate in research studies that offer many potential personal, medical, and financial benefits. However, if you are new to or are not entirely familiar with ...

The federal regulations for the protection of human subjects (Common Rule) were revised effective January 20, 2019 to reduce administrative burdens for low-risk research while enhancing protections ...

Informed consent (IC) is a fundamental aspect of ethical clinical research, safeguarding the rights and well-being of participants. It empowers participants with comprehensive information about the ...

Informed consent involves a subject being given information that a reasonable person would want to have to make an informed decision about whether to participate in research, and the chance to discuss ...

I’m a senior physician with both clinical and clinical research experience. Before this year, I had undergone bilateral total hip replacements and a right total shoulder replacement. (As a younger man ...

The principle of respect for persons demands that participants enter the research voluntarily and with adequate information. When deceptive methodologies are used, participants are given incomplete or ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Artificial intelligence (AI) now enables researchers to analyze vast amounts of clinical ...

Next, imagine that local medical researchers are conducting a trauma research study, and your injury makes you eligible. The focus of the study is an intervention that could increase your chance of ...

It is the policy of Western Michigan University that all research involving human subjects will be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board. The involvement of human subjects in research is not ...

Informed consent is an agreement between the investigators and the research participants. A signed informed consent form notifies potential research participants of their obligations and rights, and ...

Exempt research does not require the informed consent to be documented (it is at the discretion of the researcher), but the Bowdoin IRB does expect that informed consent be provided to the ...