Annette's comments are interesting so I checked our IRB website (see below):
http://www.uwec.edu/ORSP/IRB/guide/submit.htm
We do not have "a summary report" document and IRB Form V says
Project Status Form - Change/Renewal/Termination
It appears to me as if there is no sensible alternative like the one Annette
enjoys (data collection done, other work possible). The only choice seems to
be renew or not do any work on the project!? In this case, we have no intent
to collect further data (the student collaborator graduated), but to be
prohibited from any further analysis or presentation is extreme.
Blaine
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What to submit to IRB
Please follow the instructions provided to prepare and submit your proposal
of research to the IRB. You will find links to the needed forms on the
provided pages.
A complete application for the IRB review and approval will contain the
following:
1.. Request for Review of Human Subject Research (IRB Form I)
2.. Checklist for Exempt/Expedited Review
3.. Summary Sheet for Protection of Human Subjects (IRB Form II)
4.. Proposal Description Form (IRB Form III)
5.. Cover Letter
6.. Informed Consent Document
7.. Proposed survey, questionnaire, or interview questions (if applicable)
Change/Renewal/Termination
UW-Eau Claire policy requires all principal investigators to notify the IRB
immediately of any changes to an approved human subjects protocol. In
addition, principal investigators must complete a Project Status Form (IRB
Form V) at least once per year following initial project approval.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: RE: [tips] IRB Question
I also thought this made no sense but here is the response from our IRB
administrator to whom I posed this question: (and I did not ask his
permission to pass on this information but "assume" that since it's in a
public email to me it is now up to me to decide what I do with it)
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"IRBs are required to review all active research projects at least annually.
The situation in question appears to be what happens when a researcher fails
to submit anything to the IRB before the year is up, i.e. if neither a
summary report nor a continuation request is submitted, then what? In that
case I would agree with the IRB chair that the study is automatically
terminated and no further work on the study can be done.
I thinks this is different that the situation where you have submitted a
summary report indicating that the human subjects research part of the study
is complete. In that case the study is not terminated but rather enters a
phase of data analysis and publication that does not involve further
interaction with human subjects, and which also follows whatever
confidentiality/anonymity agreements the researcher made with the subjects."
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I guess this makes sense if you consider that a study for which no paperwork
is filed in a timely fashion violates and negates the original contract
between the researcher and the IRB.
Having said all of this. I have to say that our IRB is WONDERFUL! They work
actively with researchers when they see something problematic and take the
approach that their "job" is to teach researchers, as much as to oversee the
protection of human subjects. Our turn-around times are phenomenally
fast--sometimes less than 24 hours for expedited and exempt reviews. But, on
the other hand, as you can see from the above, they do play by the rules.
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Professor, Psychological Sciences
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
[email protected]
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