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      • 7 Procedures for Study Review Archive
      • 8 Change in Protocol Archive
      • 9 Institutional Review Board Decisions Archive
      • 10 Principal Investigator Responsibilities Archive
      • 11 Appeals and Reconsiderations Archive
      • 12 Quality Assurances Archive
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      • 14 Recruitment Practices Archive
      • 15 Consent Archive
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Templates, Training and Tools

Templates

  • Basic Protocol Template — Revised Dec. 18, 2024
  • Revised Common Rule-Compliant Plain Language Consent Template Aug. 1, 2024
  • Concise and Focused (aka Key Information) Summary template
  • HIPAA Authorization Template — Jan 2023
  • Consent for Non-English Speakers
  • Consent template for EXEMPT status research (non-survey study)
  • Introductory consent paragraph for EXEMPT status survey research

Training

Study staff must be up-to-date on mandatory human subject protection training, which is managed through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program). See CITI Training Instructions for more info.

Tools

  • Institutional Review Board Reviewer Checklist for Review and Discussion
  • “Local principal investigator relying on an external institutional review board” checklist
  • “UAMS is the reviewing institutional review board for a multisite study” checklist
  • Information about UAMS and the UAMS Institutional Review Board for industry sponsors and external institutional review boards

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  • Consent for Non-English Speakers
  • Events and Deviations Tables
  • Human Subject Protection Training Instructions
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