IRB issue

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Sarita,

    It is standard procedure for the university to require you to have  
permission from the schools.  However, I would agree that the way in  
which the IRB implements this requirement could indeed be handled in a  
more flexible way.  For example, they could let you list the schools  
with which you plan to work and then make approval for work with that  
school contingent upon receipt at the IRB office of a letter from the  
specific school.  This would avoid the need for an amendment in each  
case and should cut down on delays.  These implementational details  
are under the control of your IRB.

--Brian MacWhinney

On Apr 8, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Sarita Eisenberg wrote:

>
> The IRB at my university withheld approval for a project - which
> involves collecting conversational samples, narratives, and
> expositions from school-age children - because I did not have prior
> approval from specific schools for recruitment and on-site data
> collection. I appealed this and the IRB has now amended their review -
> the IRB will grant me permission to see participants on-campus. In
> order to see participants at their schools, I must submit an amendment
> to the research protocol to add a school as a participating site once
> I have obtained approval from that particular school. Assuming that
> any such amendment would have an expedited review, I would receive the
> okay from IRB 3 weeks after submitting the amendment.
> This strikes me as a needless complication and delay and I wondered
> what the IRB policy about this is at other institutions.
> Sarita Eisenberg
> >
>


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