Informed consent is one of the primary requirements of research involving human participants. It is important to remember that informed consent is an ongoing process, not a document or single event.

You're required to have all participants in your study complete an Informed Consent Form. See an example of an Informed Consent Form (pdf). Below are the Bethel University Institutional Review Board’s ...

“Informed consent is the law and essential to maintaining trust in the patient-provider relationship and respecting patients’ autonomy,” the letter says. Additionally, the Office for Civil ...