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