Institutional Research Board - IRB
Dear researcher…
An institutional research board (IRB), is a committee that is formally designated to approve, monitor, and review biomedical andbehavioral research involving humans and animals. It conducts risk-benefit analysis in an attempt to determine whether or not research should be done.
· For more details about the mission, authority and the review process of IRB you may download the bylaws of IRB.
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· To submit your work to the board you will need to:
1. Download the self-assessment checklists that will provide useful guides while you design your protocol (optional and not to be submitted to the IRB).
2. Download the application form that has to be filled.
3. Download the consent form which includes the most essential items required for a patient consent. In case you need to design another consent form, you may follow the consent form considerations checklist to design another consent form. The consent forms are to be filled by the patients participating in your study but their submission to the IRB is not required.
4. Submit the application and consent forms to the IRB office in the Faculty of Medicine associated with a soft and hard copies of the protocol.
If technical reviewing of the abstract will be done within 48 hours and if there are any technical errors or plagiarism you will received an e-mail from the following email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- You will receive the final decision on your protocol within two weeks from the above e-mail.
· You may download the following educational files in case you need help writing an original medical article.
• How to write a medical original article