Even if your school does not have an IRB it is good practice to teach students to follow the federal guidelines. At some time they may need to know those guidelines when applying for a job or graduate school. You can find out what should be in an informed consent form by going to
http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/assurance/consentckls.htm Then you should keep them for 5 years--the same as the length of time you should keep data according to federal guidelines. Annette ps: Keeping in mind that consent is a process, not a form. The form only verifies that consent has taken place :-) Quoting Don Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Jeff, > > A darned good question! Our new college policy on research mandates that > we (whenever possible) obtain informed consent forms, but it doesn't > specify how long they need to be kept or who should keep them. When the > policy was in the draft stages I suggested that this information be > specified, but to no avail. I think that one year would be reasonable, but > I don't know of any rule that mandates the appropriate duration. > Conversely, I take solace in the fact that I have never heard of anyone > being sanctioned for failure to maintain informed consent forms for a > sufficient length of time. > > -Don. > > Jeffrey Nagelbush said: > > This may be a strange question but I will ask anyway. Are there any > > guidelines as to how long we should keep signed permission slips for the > > research we do? > > > > Thanks in advance for your responses > > > > Jeff Nagelbush > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ferris State University > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar � FREE! > > http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
