Unit 3: Getting People Involved in Research

Unit 3 Overview

In this unit you will learn about:

  • Using IRB-approved recruitment and consent materials

  • Following eligibility criteria

  • Working with people with and without guardians to make informed, voluntary, and ongoing decisions about being in a research study

There are 5 topics in this unit: 

  • Topic 3.1: Recruitment: Finding People to be in a Research Study

  • Topic 3.2: Finding Research Participants through Other People

  • Topic 3.3: Consent: Working with People as they Make Decisions about Being in Research

  • Topic 3.4: Consent Capacity

  • Topic 3.5: Assent: Working with Guardians and Parents of Children

Workbook

You can see all of the Unit 3 pages in the workbook by clicking on the Unit 3 workbook link. Or you can open the pages one-by-one as you go through the unit.

Add on Activities

If you are doing this training as a research team, decide which add-on activities you want to do with your team. You can decide when in Unit 3 to do these activities.

What's Next

Go to the next page to see information about recruitment.