Overview

The Rockland Community College Institutional Review Board (IRB) is the College’s designated body to evaluate internal and external requests to conduct research by or on employees and/or students of the College. The purpose of the IRB is to carefully review proposed research to ensure that Federal standards designed to protect the dignity and welfare of participants are met. These standards ensure that all research conducted on human subjects is ethical, confidential, voluntary, and poses minimal risk of harm to participants.

This session will help attendees to better understand:

- What constitutes ethical research
- When it is necessary to submit an application to the IRB
- How IRB can help with research projects


Objectives

- Gain a better understanding of what the IRB is and what it does
- Identify the kinds of research needing IRB approval and the associated forms
- Learn how to evaluate risk level
- Discover the timeline for the approval process