{"id":3334,"date":"2017-07-27T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/?page_id=3334"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:36:50","slug":"guidance-for-recruitment-and-screening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/submission-requirements\/general-submission-requirements\/guidance-for-recruitment-and-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance for Recruitment and Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Information about screening policies can be found\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/hrpp-policies\/hrpp-policies-procedures\/#7.2.2.6.5\">here<\/a>.<span>\u00a0<\/span>A CR Times Feature Article about screening potential research subjects can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwapp.bumc.bu.edu\/ocr\/ClinicalResearchNewsletter\/article.aspx?article=764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Information about recruitment policies can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/hrpp-policies\/hrpp-policies-procedures\/#7.2.2.6\">here<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/hrpp-policies\/hrpp-policies-procedures\/#7.2.2.6\"><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Information about the development process for promotional materials can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/submission-requirements\/general-submission-requirements\/guidance-for-recruitment-and-screening\/research-study-recruitment\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Information about recruiting for an outside study can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwapp.bumc.bu.edu\/ocr\/ClinicalResearchNewsletter\/article.aspx?article=713\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The following brochures have been approved by the Boston Medical Center and Boston University Medical Campus IRB and may be provided to subjects in any approved study without being separately submitted to the IRB. The brochures are available in multiple languages. Please contact the IRB (<a href=\"mailto:medirb@bu.edu\">medirb@bu.edu<\/a>, 617-358-5372) if you have any questions about using these brochures:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"60%\" cellspacing=\"7\" cellpadding=\"7\" border=\"5\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#cccccc\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"60%\">Brochures<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/participant-bill-of-rights\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Participant Bill of Rights<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/giving-samples-and-information-for-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giving Samples and Information for Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/blood-draw-for-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blood Draw for Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/what-is-involved-in-a-drug-research-study\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is Involved in a Drug Research Study?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/genetic-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genetic Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/how-is-health-research-different-from-health-care\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How is Health Research Different from Health Care?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/incidental-findings-in-health-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Incidental Findings in Health Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/mri-scans-for-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MRI Scans for Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\"><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/research-data-how-is-my-information-protected-and-used\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Data: How is my information protected and used?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/research-participant-registry\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Participant Registry<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/meet-the-research-team\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet the Research Team<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/should-i-be-a-research-participant\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Should I be a Research Participant?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/social-and-behavioral-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social and Behavioral Research Brochure<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/stem-cell-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stem Cell Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/surrogate-decision-making-in-health-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surrogate Decision-Making in Health Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/participating-in-a-survey\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Participating in a Survey<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/using-telemedicine-in-a-research-study\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using Telemedicine in a Research Study<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/ct-scans-for-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CT Scans for Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/pet-scans-for-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PET Scans for Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/what-is-a-clinical-trial\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is a Clinical Trial?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/publications-documents\/coi-in-research\/?ref=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conflicts of Interest (COI) in Research<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>This <a href=\"https:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/services\/rsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">material<\/a> is the work of the New England Research Subject Advocacy Program, with contributions from member institutions\u2019 affiliated universities and academic healthcare centers. This work was conducted with support from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through: Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute, under award number 1UL1TR001430; the Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute, under award number UL1TR001086; Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, under award number 8UL1TR000170-05; Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, under award number UL1TR001064; UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science, under award number UL1-TR001453; and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, under award number UL1TR000142. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about screening policies can be found\u00a0here.\u00a0A CR Times Feature Article about screening potential research subjects can be found here. Information about recruitment policies can be found here.\u00a0 Information about the development process for promotional materials can be found here. Information about recruiting for an outside study can be found here. The following brochures have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":874,"featured_media":0,"parent":2620,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3334"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4834,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3334\/revisions\/4834"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}