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Institutional Review Board
Training and Certification on the Use
of Human Participants in Research
Effective August 30, 2004, project teams (including principal
investigators, research assistants, major advisors, and staff)
conducting research with human participants will be required to
successfully complete the online training module. A link to this
training module is available at
http://www.twu.edu/research/irb.html. The certificate of
completion for these training modules must be submitted to the
IRB Office with any new IRB application or request for extension
in order to obtain approval for any protocol involving human
participants in research. This certificate of completion will
remain valid for a period of three years and must be renewed at
the beginning of each new three-year period in order to receive
approval for any new research or extensions for continuing
research. This required training applies to all levels of
review: Exempt, Expedited, and Full Review studies.
This policy is being implemented as a
requirement of the terms and conditions of TWU’s current
Federalwide Assurance. The IRB Chairs, Director of the Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs, Dean of the Graduate School and
Research, and Provost have been involved in establishing
educational and training oversight mechanisms. In order to
fulfill the mandate as set forth by TWU’s Federalwide Assurance,
the above policy change at TWU is being made.
We do believe that this training module
provides valuable information about conducting research with
human participants and can be a valuable training tool for our
students, faculty, and staff about the responsible and ethical
conduct of research using human participants. Our office will be
available to answer questions. You may call our office at ext
3375 if you would like for a representative of our office or the
IRB to discuss this policy further either with you individually
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