The Human Subjects Office uses Iowa Courses Online (ICON), the UI learning management system, to post educational content for the UI research community. This course is only accessible via this portal to the log-in screen. You must have an active HawkID to access this course. If you have questions or suggestions for additional topics to cover in this course, contact the IRB Education and Outreach Program at irb-outreach@uiowa.edu or 319-335-6564.

Course Overview 

A brief description of what you will find in each of the following sections.

  • Student PI Training Requirement (Full Recordings of HawkIRB Trainings)
  • IRB Efficiency Initiative-Recordings and Documents
  • IRB Overview Presentation
  • Additional Topics

Student PI Training Requirement

These recordings are available, and strongly encouraged, for all UI researchers who use the HawkIRB system. They are not just for student Principal Investigators (PIs). 

To satisfy the Student PI Training Requirement, view the HawkIRB Part 1 and 2 recordings in the IRB ICON Course for Researchers and pass the respective quizzes.

Title

Description

Get Started (Mandatory reading to open HawkIRB Training, Part 1) 
HawkIRB Training Part 1: How to Complete a HawkIRB New Project Application
  • Synopsis
  • HawkIRB Training Video 1 – Recording (View entire recording on regular speed to access the Part 1 quiz)
  • Slides
  • HawkIRB Inbox Handout
  • Part 1 Quiz (Pass with 80% correct to access the Part 2 recording)
HawkIRB Training Part 2: How to Complete a HawkIRB New Project Application
  • Synopsis
  • HawkIRB Training Video 2 – Recording (View entire recording on regular speed to access the Part 2 quiz)
  • Slides
  • Part 2 – Quiz (Pass with 80% correct to complete the Student PI Training Requirement)
HawkIRB Training Part 3: Forms Submitted After IRB Approval (Modifications, Continuing Reviews, Reportable Event Forms and Project Close Forms)
  • Synopsis
  • HawkIRB Training Video 3 – Recording (No prerequisites)
  • Slides
HawkIRB Training Part 4: Submissions for the Single IRB Model – Form submission for Lead and Relying Sites
  • Synopsis
  • HawkIRB Training Part 4 – Recording (No prerequisites)
  • Slides
HawkIRB Training Part 5: New Project Form for Exempt Status
  • Synopsis
  • HawkIRB Training, Part 5 – Recording (No prerequisites)
  • Slides
  • UI Exemption Tool (2022)

 

IRB Efficiency Initiative

This section of the IRB ICON Course for Researchers provides brief tutorials and resources for new policies, procedures and HawkIRB enhancements associated with the IRB Efficiency Initiative. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, this organizational efficiency initiative focuses on streamlining processes for IRB review in an effort to remain competitive with application processing time with our peer institutions while maintaining regulatory compliance for the conduct of human subjects research. Visit the IRB Efficiency Initiative website for an executive summary, project updates, initiative timeline, and resources associated with the monthly information sessions that began in January 2024. 

IRB Overview Presentation

This is a recording of the general IRB overview presentation. This presentation provides a good orientation to the UI IRB and the IRB approval requirements for human subjects research. It is an excellent supplemental lecture for any research methods or responsible
conduct of research course. It is ideal for students/trainees doing research as a course requirement or as an honors, Master’s or doctoral dissertation.

This presentation covers the following:

  • Guidelines for human subjects research: why and when IRB approval is required.
  • Basic ethical principles for the conduct of human subjects research.
  • Student Principal Investigator (PI) training requirements.
  • What to expect from the IRB review process.
  • Research off campus or outside the United States.
  • Course-related student projects.
 


 

Additional Topics

Each semester, staff from the Human Subjects Office offer presentations on human subjects research-related topics. Information about presentations for the current semester can be found here. This module contains recordings of past presentations in reverse chronological order.

  • Getting Started – Additional Topic Recordings
  • IRB/ICTS-Using eReg for Assurance Documents, September 2025
  • Serving as the Lead (Coordinating Center and IRB) for a Single IRB of Record (sIRB) Multi-site Study, September 2025
  • Comprehensive Guidelines and Best Practices for REporting Outcome Measures on ClinicalTrials.gov, November 2024
  • Reportable Event Form Decision Tree, October 2024
  • Conducting Research Involving Student Records: How to Ensure Compliance, October 2024
  • The Roadmap to Regulatory Compliance: Guidelines for ClinicalTrials.gov Registration & Results Reporting, September 2024
  • Working WITH the IRB (IRB/ICTS Lecture), June 2024
  • Human Subjects Research Hot Topics & Updates Lectures 2021-2023