Winter Quarter 2008 Course Announcement:

ENGR110/210: Perspectives in Assistive Technology

with Professor Drew Nelson
and David L. Jaffe, MS
Winter Quarter, Tuesdays 4:15pm - 5:05pm
Location: Meyer Forum (Meyer Library, Room 124)

The Ethics of Research: Elements of Informed Consent
Sandra Leigh Bardas, ED

  • History of ethical issues in human subjects research
  • Principles of human subjects research
    • Respect for persons
    • Beneficence
    • Justice
  • The need to balance potential benefits with an acceptable level of risk
  • The process of informed consent
    • Statement of research, not treatment
    • Reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts
    • Unforeseeable risks to participants
    • Reasonably expected benefits to participants or others
    • Appropriate alternatives
    • Extent of confidentiality
    • Compensation for treatment or injury
    • Contact information
    • Participation is voluntary
    • Terms of termination of participation
    • Significant new findings
    • Conflict of interest
    • Payments
    • Specialty research consent disclosures
    • California Experimental Subject's Bill of Rights
  • Case studies
  • Questions, possible answers, discussion

Updated 04/16/2008

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