The IRB has added French translations of its short form consent forms to the IRB’s website. These templates can be used to create study-specific short form consents when non-English-speaking potential subjects are unexpectedly encountered. Spanish, Marshallese, and French short form templates for adult subjects and for parents of research subjects who are minors are now available. We also have English-language templates posted that study teams can use to create forms in language that aren’t currently available on our website.
Remember, a short-form consent process and your short-form consent document must be approved by the IRB before being implemented. Unless you’ve specifically mentioned, and the IRB has approved, a short-form consent process as part of your original IRB submission, you’ll have to submit a modification to get that approval. See IRB Policy 15.4 for more details about the short-form consent process.