You are being invited to take part in a research study designed to help us learn more about leadership skills among current speech-language pathologists. The results of this study will hopefully lead to a presentation or publication to disseminate the findings more broadly. We are studying leadership specific to the field of speech-language pathology because we believe there is more to learn about this topic that can assist in the preparation of future leaders in the field.

This section gives you the information you will need to help you decide whether to be in the study or not. You may ask any questions about the research, the possible risks and benefits, your rights as a volunteer, and anything else that is not clear.  When all of your questions have been answered, you can decide if you want to participate in this study or not.

You are being invited to take part in this study because you are a current speech-language pathologist.

You must be 18 years or older to participate in this study.

During this study you will be asked subjective questions regarding your opinions on leadership in the speech-language pathology field.

If you agree to take part in this study, your involvement will last for about 10 to 20 minutes.

There are no foreseeable risks from participating in this study.

We do not know if you will benefit from being in this study. However, we hope that, in the future, other people might benefit from this study because we will have a better understanding of leadership in the speech-language pathology field and how leadership has changed due to the COVID pandemic so that we can better teach leadership skills.

You will not be paid for being in this research study.

The information you provide during this research study will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law.  To help protect your confidentiality, we will not use any identifying information and password protect individual data until it is destroyed 5 years after the completion of the study.

If the results of this project are published your identity will not be made public

If you decide to take part in the study, it should be because you really want to volunteer.  You will not lose any benefits or rights you would normally have if you choose not to volunteer.  You can stop at any time during the study and still keep the benefits and rights you had before volunteering.  

You will not be treated differently if you decide to stop taking part in the study. You are free to skip any questions that you would prefer not to answer.

If you have any questions about this research project, please contact: Dr. Janet Gooch at (660)-785-4106 or by email at jquinzer@truman.edu.

If you have questions about your rights as a participant, please contact the Truman State University Institutional Review Board Administrator, at (660) 785-7245 or by email at irb@truman.edu 

Proceeding to the survey indicates that this research study has been explained to you, that your questions have been answered, and that you agree to take part in the study.