This chart is meant to be used as a guide and will not cover all contingencies. If after reading this chart you still cannot determine to which REB you should submit, or what type of review you require, please contact one of the Ethics Officers.
HSREB - Janice Sutherland, 519-661-2111 ext. 86764 jsutherl@uwo.ca
HSREB - Shantel Walcott, 519-661-2111 ext. 87437 swalcot@uwo.ca
NMREB & HSREB Delegated – Grace Kelly, 519-661-2111 ext. 84692 grace.kelly@uwo.ca
OR
General Inquiries 519-661-3036 ethics@uwo.ca
If we determine that you have submitted your protocol to the wrong committee, we will contact you and let you know; however please note that we do not review new protocols until well after the deadline. If you have submitted to the wrong committee, your protocol will be returned to you to transfer it to the correct form. Review of the protocol will be delayed until the next cycle of meetings.
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HEALTH SCIENCES REB (HSREB)? |
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DOES THIS RESEARCH... |
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Involve or relate to a medical or physical intervention or therapy? |
YES |
NO |
If you answered YES to any of these questions you must submit your project to the HSREB. If you answered NO to all the questions then you must submit your project to the NMREB. |
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Take place in a medical or health care setting or use or relate to medical or health records? |
YES |
NO |
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Involve patients, medical, dental, nurses, other allied health professionals or care givers? |
YES |
NO |
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Use or relate to new, innovative or novel medical techniques or therapies? |
YES |
NO |
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Involve physical exertion beyond normal walking? |
YES |
NO |
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Involve physically invasive contact or take samples of bodily fluids or tissues by invasive measures other than buccal swabs? |
YES |
NO |
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Require Xrays, MRIs, CT or PET scans? |
YES |
NO |
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HEALTH SCIENCES ETHICS REVIEW - FULL BOARD OR DELEGATED REVIEW? |
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Is the study a clinical trial for drugs, natural products or devices? |
YES |
NO |
If you answered YES to any of these questions you must submit your project for HSREB Full Board review. If you answered NO to all the questions then your project may be eligible for HSREB Delegated Review. Check Guideline 2-G-007 of the HSREB Guidelines for a full explanation of what is eligible for Delegated Review. |
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Does the study use patients deemed to be at-risk (e.g. critically ill, infants)? |
YES |
NO |
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Require the ingestion of any food, or beverages? |
YES |
NO |
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Is there an unknown, moderate or high physical or psychological risk for healthy volunteers or healthy patients? |
YES |
NO |
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Does the study involve moderate or high risk interventions, tests or procedures? |
YES |
NO |
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Does the study involve interventions that take place during surgery or that may interfere with the course of normal medical treatment? |
YES |
NO |
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NON-MEDICAL ETHICS REVIEW - FULL BOARD OR DELEGATED REVIEW? |
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Use subjects, children or persons incapable of giving free and informed consent, or considered to be vulnerable or at risk? |
YES |
NO |
If you answered YES to any of these questions you must submit your project for NMREB Full Board review. If you answered NO to all the questions then your project may be eligible for review by one of the Sub-REBs delegated to conduct Delegated Review. Check Guideline 1-G-004 Delegated Review to determine if this is appropriate. |
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Present more than Minimal Risk to the participants? |
YES |
NO |
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Involve any personal, sensitive or incriminating topics or questions which could place participants at risk or cause embarrassment? |
YES |
NO |
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Manipulate the behaviour of participants beyond the range of “normal” classroom activity or daily life? |
YES |
NO |
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Involve significant deception? |
YES |
NO |
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NON-MEDICAL DELEGATED REVIEW? |
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If my project is eligible for Delegated Review do I have to use the NMREB or can I use another REB? |
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Are you faculty member or a student in the Faculty of Education or Music? |
YES |
NO |
If YES, your protocol must be submitted to the Faculty of Education Sub-REB. |
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Are you faculty member or a student in the Ivey Business School? |
YES |
NO |
If YES, your protocol must be submitted to the Ivey School of Business Sub-REB. |
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Are you faculty member or a student in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies? |
YES |
NO |
If YES, your protocol must be submitted to the Faculty of Information and Media Studies Sub-REB. |
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Are you faculty member or a student in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities? |
YES |
NO |
If YES, your protocol must be submitted to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Sub-REB. |
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Are you a student in the Faculty of Law? |
YES |
NO |
If YES, your protocol must be submitted to the Faculty of Law Sub-REB. |
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Are you faculty member or a student in the Department of Psychology? |
YES |
NO |
If YES, your protocol must be submitted to the Department of Psychology Sub-REB. |
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If you answered YES to any of these questions then you must submit your project to the REB indicated. If you have a faculty or departmental REB you may not use another faculty or departmental REB and you may not submit the protocol to the NMREB unless you have the prior approval of your faculty or departmental Sub-REB AND the NMREB. |
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If you answered NO to all of these questions you must submit your project to the NMREB for Delegated Review. |
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