Jennifer Couture

Since 2014, the Office of Research Ethics Compliance at Queen’s University has undergone significant changes regarding policies, processing, and staff resources. The most recent policy change has been negotiated with the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) to implement mandatory CORE training for all ethics applicants. We have also developed a policy to minimize lapses in ethics clearance; launched a Quality Assurance Review Program, have developed and implemented eight new ethics application forms; created useful LOI/CF checklists and templates, and implemented the use of administrative/REB reviewer checklists. The Office of Research Ethics Compliance would like to reflect on all of this hard work and share ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ with other REB administrators. We initiated a Quality Improvement survey to ask the ‘hard’ questions to the research community with respect to our services. The objective of this workshop will provide participants with a summary of our updated policies, tools and checklists, as well as to share some results from our survey. We are of the mindset to streamline resources for all REBs and will be happy to share new policies, checklists and tools presented during the workshop.