Supplemental Education Resources for UMCIRB Members

Supplemental training resources are available for UMCIRB members and staff.

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

The OHRP offers an assortment of educational videos developed by the Division of Education and Development. These videos provide information on a variety of topics regarding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations for the protection of human participants of research described at 45 CFR 46. Each video is approximately 20-25 minutes in length. Video topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Biobanking: When Issues with Tissues Come a Knockin’
• OHRP: IRB Membership
• OHRP: Research Use of Human Biological Specimens and Other Private Information
• OHRP: IRB Records, Parts One and Two
• OHRP Research Involving Vulnerable Populations
• OHRP: General informed Consent Requirements

Office of Research Integrity: The Research Clinic

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the OHRP present The Research Clinic. The interactive training video educates clinical and social researchers on the importance of appropriately protecting research subjects and avoiding research misconduct. The Research Clinic allows the viewer to assume the role of one of four characters and determines the outcome of the storyline by selecting decision-making choices for each playable character.

Other Online Resources

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• NIH FAQs: HIPAA Privacy Rule for Researchers
• Belmont Report – English Version
• Consent Elements (PDF)
• Expedited and Exempt Categories (PDF)
• Criteria for IRB Approval of Research (PDF)
• How to Review a New IRB Protocol (PDF)
• Biomedical Committee Education (PDF)
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues – IRB Primer: Incidental and Secondary Findings (PDF)