The Human Subjects Office has Educational Tools and Documents to provide supplemental guidance regarding best practices for study procedures to comply with these policies. These Educational Tools typically refer to relevant policies in the UI IRB Standard Operating Procedures and Researcher Guide. There is additional information about these topics on other pages of the Human Subjects Office Website.

• Alternatives to an In-Person Informed Consent Process
• Audio/Videotaping and Photographs of Research Subjects
• Overview of Checklists and Guidance Documents
• Course-Related Student Research Projects Policy and Procedures
• Data Security Guidance
• DocuSign: Sending and Collecting Documents with eSignatures
• eConsent Checklist
• Exemption Tool
• Human Research Protection Program Review Flow Chart
• Informed Consent Document Checklist (Biomedical Research)
• Informed Consent Document Checklist for Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research
• Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Guidance
• Investigational New Drug (IND) Guidance
• Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Committee Tool
• Recruitment Letter Template
• Research Involving University of Iowa Student Records
• Short Form Consent Document and Process
• Secure Zoom Meetings and Recordings for Restricted and Critical Data
• Survey Based Research Educational Tool
• Umbrella Projects Policy and Procedures
• HSO/IRB Overview and Educational Resources