HSD Tutorials and Videos

HSD offers a variety of online tutorials and videos to help you navigate human subjects research issues. See the offering by topic area below.

• Getting Started with Human Subjects Research
• Informed Consent
• Multi-site and Collaborative Studies
• Using External (Non-UW) IRBs
• Zipline (Electronic IRB System)

Getting Started with Human Subjects Research

• IRB 101 Online Tutorial

  • Length: 1 Hour
  • Topic: Basics of human subjects research, provides important practical information about navigating the IRB process at UW
  • Recommended Audience: Required for students and residents who are listed as the principal investigator (PI) on an IRB application, recommended for everyone new to using the UW IRB
  • Link: IRB 101 Online Tutorial

Informed Consent

• Electronic Consent

  • Length: 15 Minutes
  • Topic: Overview of electronic consent, including using ITHS REDCap and UW DocuSign and econsent solutions for common scenarios
  • Recommended Audience: Recommended for researchers who are interested in implementing electronic consent
  • Link: Electronic Consent: What You Need To Know

Multi-site and Collaborative Studies

• Adding a Non-UW Site in Zipline Process Overview Video

  • Length: 3 Minutes
  • Topic: Quick video overview of the process to add a new non-UW site for UW IRB review to an existing Zipline study
  • Recommended Audience: Anyone who works with multi-site or collaborative studies that are being reviewed by the UW IRB

Using External (Non-UW) IRBs

• When the UW is Not the Right IRB: Navigating the External IRB Process

  • Length: 15 Minutes- 1 Hour, depending on topics viewed
  • Topic: Overview of the external IRB process, common external IRB scenarios, including using a single IRB
  • Recommended Audience: Researchers who are interested in using an external IRB to review UW research
  • Link: When the UW is Not the Right IRB: Navigating the Exernal IRB Process

Zipline (Electronic IRB System)

• Getting Started in Zipline Tutorial

  • Length: 30 Minutes
  • Topic: High level overview on using Zipline, UW’s eIRB system, to submit and manage a new application. Includes different pathways depending on user type- principal investigator, study team member, and student researcher.
  • Recommended Audience: Anyone new to using the Zipline system.
  • Link: Getting Started in Zipline Tutorial

• Modifications Overview Video

  • Length: 6 Minutes
  • Topic: Quick video demonstration of the steps to prepare and submit a Zipline modification to an approved study
  • Recommended Audience: Anyone submitting a Zipline modification for the first time

• Study Team Modifications Video

  • Length: 7 Minutes
  • Topic: Quick video demonstration of the steps to prepare and submit a modification to change the study team for an approved study
  • Recommended Audience: Anyone submitting a Zipline study team modification for the first time