OHRP: Participant-Centered Informed Consent Training

Learn how to create participant-centered informed consent forms through this interactive training.

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About this Course

This training will help the research community create, design, and review consent forms or templates for research participation in a way that helps participants understand the content and anticipate their needs. This participant-centered approach helps people understand the research and how the decision to participate or not might impact them personally.

This course is meant to supplement basic human subjects research training covered in CITI Program’s Human Subjects Research (HSR) series.

Note: This course is only available for subscribing organizations who utilize the HSR series. The course is available at no additional charge.

Disclaimer: The material is a faithful, unchanged (other than reformatting to fit the CITI Program platform) duplication of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections’ (OHRP’s) INTERACTIVE PARTICIPANT-CENTERED INFORMED CONSENT TRAINING program, released on February 7, 2024. It is available here at no additional charge. While the CITI Program and the OHRP Trainings are identical in substantive content, OHRP is not responsible for the accuracy of the content reproduction, operation, or record keeping related to the INTERACTIVE PARTICIPANT-CENTERED INFORMED CONSENT TRAINING program on the CITI Program website and does not endorse CITI Program or any of its products or services.

Language Availability: English

Suggested Audiences: IRB Administrators and Staff, IRB Chairs, IRB Directors, IRB Members, Legal/Compliance Staff

Organizational Subscription Price: Included with Human Subjects Research series, available as part of an organizational subscription package or for $1,000 as an add-on to current subscriptions.
Independent Learner Price: N/A

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Course Content

OHRP: Participant-Centered Informed Consent Training

The course is divided into six parts, including:

  • How can we improve consent forms?
  • How do I use a participant-centered approach?
  • How can I write better consent forms?
  • How can I organize information in consent forms?
  • How can I design consent forms?
  • Wrap-up and final activity

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21379 (English)


FAQs

Where else is this course available?

Who should take the course?

This training is for anyone in the research community who plans, writes, or reviews consent forms for research involving human participants. This includes:

  • Researchers
  • Members of research teams and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
  • IRB administrators
  • Study funders
  • Other institutional staff who may contribute to the writing of consent forms (for example, legal, compliance, or communications staff)

What are the benefits of this course?

This training will help the research community create, design, and review consent forms or templates for research participation in a way that helps participants understand the content and anticipate their needs. This participant-centered approach helps people understand the research and how the decision to participate or not might impact them personally.

Does this course cover the Common Rule informed consent requirements?

This training will reference the regulatory requirements for informed consent in the Commun Rule at 45 CFR 46, Subpart A. But the goal of this training is not to explain or provide a comprehensive overview of these requirements or to provide guidance on them. Refer to the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) website to review regulatory information and related guidance materials.

How long will the course take to complete?

The course consists of one required module and should take approximately 95 minutes (one and a half hours) to complete.

How do I receive my completion certificate?

A printable training certificate and completion report is available upon completion of the entire training program.


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