RED 732 | Research Participant Advocacy and the Informed Consent Process - 2/20/2025

This is a REd Synchronous (live) class.

LIVE SESSION: Thursday, February 20, 2025 @10:00am - 11:00am, Mountain Time (US and Canada), Zoom.

Class Description: The process of informed consent will be considered from the research participant's perspective. What is Good Clinical Practice (GCP) when addressing participant questions and concerns? How can the informed consent process be improved for the participant? What do your participants truly understand, consent to, and wish they knew more about? How does Health Literacy impact the informed consent process in clinical research? What is therapeutic misconception and how can it be avoided? These questions and other "hot topics" will be the focus of discussion in this open forum presentation.

Class Objectives: At the conclusion of this class, you should be able to:

• Describe research through the eyes of the participant, who are you offering research opportunities too, who's not being represented in your research? 
• Discuss tips to effectively communicate the required elements of consent. 
• Identify when someone has a low health literacy level and still have a meaningful informed consent discussion. 

• Identify potential misunderstandings your participants may have.

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Instructor:

Sadie Gabler, Office of Research Participant Advocacy Director
Associate Vice President for Research Integrity & Compliance Office

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REd Synchronous classes are taught by subject matter experts, and provide both fundamental and advanced skills training in flipped classroom format. These classes are offered live (currently, via Zoom), wherein participants will attend and participate in the 1-hour live lecture/presentation. Participants will be required to work pre-class and post-class activities outside the classroom. These activities can include: readings, videos, etc.

Class Duration: Total duration for synchronous classes are approximately 2 hours. Those two (2) hours will be broken down into:

• A live session which will take approximately 1 hour (45-minute presentation and 15-minute Q&A) and;
• Pre and Post-work activities which will take approximately 1 hour, in total.