How to Review a Protocol in the Social Sciences and Humanities Series – Applying Key Ethical Principles and Ensuring Respect for Persons (Part 3 of 4) Institution License

Webinar Objectives:

By the end of this webinar participants should be able to:

• Define the three fundamental ethical principles which need to be assessed during the review process.
• Assess the application for ethical issues associated with the principle of: “Respect for persons”.
• Ensure free and informed consent is obtained.
• Identify situations which may inhibit the provision of free and informed consent.
• Ensure consent is fully informed and precedes participation.
• Describe the limitations to consent.
• Define the specific conditions which allow for departures from general principles of consent.
• Define situations which may require alternative process to be employed to obtain consent.
• Describe the requirement for researchers to ensure participants have appropriate decision making capacity.
• Discuss best practices and other considerations for obtaining consent.