Recruitment & Informed Consent
Learn more about recruitment considerations, community engaged research, and the Informed Consent process.
Quick Reference Guides
- Study Recruitment Materials Guide [IRB]
- Screening Conversations: Tips & Talking Points
- Vulnerable Populations: Overview & Case Study
- Translating Medical & Research Terminology for the General Public [IRB]
- Informed Consent Requirements [IRB]
- CCR Recruitment Toolkit
- eConsents & Other Types of Informed Consent [IRB]
- Waivers of Consent: Emergency Use, Planned Emergency Research, and Waiver of Consent Documentation [IRB]
- HIPAA in Research [IRB]
- What does “Community Engaged Research” mean?
- Get Research Support from Northwestern’s Center for Community Health
Document Templates & Checklists
- Screening, Enrollment, & Withdrawal Log Template
- Eligibility + Inclusion/Exclusion Checklist Template
- Consent Process Documentation Template
- Recruitment Advertisement Log Template
- Vulnerable Populations Recruitment Checklists & Worksheets
- Informed Consent Form (ICF) Templates
- Child Assent Templates & other ICF Supplements
- Short-Form Consents + Translations
- View the full library of Regulatory Document Templates
Video Resources
- Video: Explaining Research & Consent to Children (Spanish Version) [Lurie Childrens]
- Webinar: Recruitment & Retention - Communicating & Connecting with Research Participants
- Webinar: Principles of Community Stakeholder Engagement
- Webinar: E-Consent: Informed Consent in the Digital Era
- Webinar: Consent and the IRB during the COVID Pandemic
- Webinar: Difficult Conversations in Clinical Trials
- Presentation: Ethics of Equitable Subject Selection [SOCRA]
- Presentation: Creating & Sustaining Diverse Study Enrollment [SOCRA]
- Presentation: Legal Issues in Clinical Research (Consenting) [NIH]
- LinkedIn Learning Playlist: Active Listening & Conversation Skills
