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Educational Resources for IRB Administrators and Staff

OHRP created this list of resources to help IRB administrators and staff learn about and succeed in their role in protecting research subjects.

Learn about upcoming OHRP educational events

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/upcoming-educational-events/index.html

Join OHRP’s mailing list

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/news/sign-up-for-announcements/index.html

View OHRP’s Online Assurance Training

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/human-research-protection-program-fundamentals/index.html

Watch educational videos

The videos below cover material that is particularly relevant to IRB administrators and staff

• Membership Requirements for Institutional Review Boards

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• Quorum Requirements for Convened IRB Review Meetings

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• OHRP Reporting Requirements

• Back to Basics: Does My Project Fall Within the Scope of the Regulations?

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• When the Assurance Comes A Knockin': OHRP's FWA and IRB Registration Process

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• When the Feds Come A Knockin': How to Prepare for an OHRP Compliance Evaluation of Your Program

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• IRB Records, Parts I and II

More videos can be found on OHRP’s Online Education page: https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/online-education/index.html

Find OHRP guidance

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/index.html

Review commonly used guidance for IRB administrators and staff

• Determining When Institutions are Engaged in Research (2009):

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/determining-when-institutions-are-engaged-in-research/index.html

• Extending an FWA to Cover Collaborating Investigators (2005):

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/extension-of-institutional-fwa-via-individual-investigator-agreement/index.html

• Guidance on Reporting Incidents to OHRP (2011):

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/compliance-and-reporting/guidance-on-reporting-incident/index.html

• Compliance Oversight Procedures for Evaluating Institutions (2009):

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/compliance-and-reporting/evaluating-institutions/index.html

• Assurance Process FAQs:

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/faq/assurance-process/index.html

• Institutional Review Board Written Procedures: OHRP Guidance (2018):

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/institutional-issues/institutional-review-board-written-procedures/index.html

• Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts:

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/decision-charts/index.html

• Exempt Research Determination FAQs:

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/faq/exempt-research-determination/index.html

Please also review relevant materials on the Revised Common Rule at:

https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/revised-common-rule/index.html

Content created by Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
Content last reviewed November 28, 2017

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