Marte, As an ex-IRB chair I completely agree with Annette's comments. We have a special process for those protocols at The College of Saint Rose that fall under the "exempt" classification and they typically have a very rapid turn around (as they are reviewed by a single member of the IRB committee who is from the school from which the protocol was submitted).
The IRB has a very important job, no doubt, but it should not hinder such educational practices that allow us to adequately prepare students for graduate work and careers in the psychological sciences. I would appeal to your IRB with a request to create a policy/procedure that will accomodate your pedagogical needs while still maintaining adherence to 45 CFR 46. If your IRB does not already have them, regular submission and decision dates each semester often help faculty organize their courses around research requirements that necessitate IRB approval. Good luck! Rob Flint ---------------------- Assistant Professor of Psychology The College of Saint Rose -----Original Message----- From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wed 2/19/2003 4:39 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Cc: Subject: Re: IRB woes and class projects Hi Marte: Speaking as chair of our IRB, it would seem to me that an innocuous survey should go under exempt status, and should have an extremely quick turn around time! I am not sure why you would need even more than an expedited status to your review.....check the federal guidelines at http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/guidance/45CFR46.htm and make a case to your IRB that it should be categorized as exempt by federal guidelines, which should be good enough for a local IRB, I would think??????? annette Quoting Marte Fallshore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tipsters: > > I teach introductory research methods almost every quarter, and as part of > the course, students design and perform an original piece of research. > They write a full APA style paper on this research, and present the > research in a poster session. The poster session used to be public, but > our local IRB has decided that any research presented outside the > classroom must go through full IRB review. Unfortunately, as we have only > ten weeks and this is an introductory class, there is not time for > students to go through the full review. All research is minimal risk, > frequently involving nothing more than an innocuous survey. While students > are nervous about the poster session prior to its start, they have a good > time once they realize they know their stuff. > > I am upset that we no longer may hold these public poster sessions. Has > anyone else encountered similar roadblocks? How have they been handled? > Any advise would be greatly appreciated. If there is enough response, I > will compile the responses and forward them on to TIPS, so please send > responses directly to me. > > Thanks, > > Marte Fallshore > Department of Psychology > Central Washington University > Ellensburg, WA > [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]
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