Ethics Coordinator sets up e-file, and enters information in excel sheet
Manager makes full board or delegated review decision. Full board decisions are confirmed by the Chair.
Delegated review:
If delegated, Manager assigns reviewers, reviews application, and sends review plus all documents to reviewers.
Reviewers receive an email notifying them of the review – subject line gives due date.
Reviewers have one week to add comments and return to reb@uoguelph.ca
If a reviewer feels the application should be dealt with by the full board, he/she can notify the Ethics Office immediately and the application will be sent to the next full board meeting.
The Ethics Office collates all reviews and sends final feedback to Chair, along with reviews.
If Chair approves the feedback, this goes out to researcher(PI)
Full board reviews:
Ethics Office provides initial review – the ‘reviewers’ document
Ethics Office’s review and all documentation are posted on courselink one week prior to meeting
The submission will be presented by one REB member, after which discussion will open.
The meeting may be attended by the researcher in order to answer questions from REB members.
At meeting any member can comment on Ethics Office’s review – adding or removing items
A final version is put to a vote at the meeting. Consensus is the desired outcome and is achieved in most cases. Abstentions or rejections will be minuted, but the REB member abstaining or voting against the motion can choose whether or not to be named in the minutes.
The minutes containing the final feedback are approved by the Chair prior to the Ethics Office sending feedback to the researcher (PI).
Modifications – these are sent by the researcher in response to REB feedback
Delegated review – a reviewer can request to see modifications, or the Ethics Office can request reviewer comment on any modifications. Requests for modifications comments will be emailed to the reviewer.
Full Board Review – it is determined at the original meeting who can approve the modifications. They can
come back to the next full board meeting
be reviewed by a sub-committee
be reviewed by the Ethics Office and Chair.
Amendments – these are sent in by the researcher to note a change to a protocol which is already approved.
The Ethics Office will send to reviewers who did the initial review (if possible) if the content is beyond strictly administrative changes.
Amendments will be considered by the full board if this is warranted by the level of risk.
The documents will be emailed to reviewers as they are for regular reviews.
Please review as quickly as possible.
Class Projects – these are managed the same way as regular submissions
