Welcome to the Guidelines, Policies and Templates page for Research Ethics at Queen’s University.
This centralized hub is your go-to resource for navigating the ethical landscape of research at our institution. Here, researchers will find a comprehensive repository of guidelines, policies, and templates for use to facilitate the ethical conduct of their research studies.
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Informed Consent Guidelines and Templates
The consent process is fully discussed in Chapter 3 of the Tri-Council Policy Statement Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2). This includes a discussion of the information generally required for informed consent. The following are some sample consent forms that you may use to guide the development of the consent forms that are most appropriate to your research study.
Do not be concerned by the length of these templates. They are long only because they contain guidance and explanations which are for you and which you will not be including in the informed consent forms that you develop and provide to participants in your research.
| Informed Consent Form Guideline/Policy | Document |
|---|---|
| Alterations to Standard Consenting Procedures | Guidelines on Alterations to Standard Consenting Procedures |
| Waiver of Consent | Guidelines on Waiver of Consent |
| Informed Consent Form Name | Description | Template |
|---|---|---|
| ICF for Prospective Research with Human Participants-GREB | This ICF template is to be used for prospective research studies involving human participants submitted to GREB. Prospective research evaluates the relationship between people and their surroundings, including how people interact with each other, their communities, and institutional systems. They include psychological phenomena such as emotions, biases, and motivations. Psychological therapy and counselling studies fall under behavioural research. Emergent design and community-based studies are considered social science and behavioural research unless a clinical intervention is involved. Common methods include, but are not limited to, interviews, focus groups, surveys, questionnaires, behavioural therapy workshops, experimental coaching, and observations. | ICF template for Prospective Research with Human Participants-GREB |
| ICF for Prospective Research with Human Participants-HSREB | This ICF template is to be used for prospective research studies involving human participants submitted to HSREB. Prospective research evaluates the effects of one or more health-related interventions on health outcomes. Investigations include, but are not restricted to, drug administration, surgical procedures, radiologic procedures, devices, genetic therapies, cells and other biological products, radiopharmaceuticals, natural health products (NHPs), preventive care, manual therapies, psychotherapies, as well as prospectively collecting data/biological specimens, or interventions and physical interventions, interviews, surveys, questionnaires, focus groups/sharing circles, biological sample collection, creation of a database, etc. | ICF template for Prospective Research with Human Participants-HSREB |
| Verbal Consent Documentation Log Template | Informed Consent could also be conducted verbally. Ensure documentation of verbal consent by using the verbal consent log template. This can be used for studies submitted to either HSREB or GREB. | Verbal Consent Log Template—HSREB and GREB |