Institutional Review Board

IRB Quality Management Survey

Introduction

Members of USM's Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Office of Research Compliance (ORC) are conducting this survey to assist in our continuing review and evaluation of IRB and ORC resources and the protocol review process. We are asking all faculty, staff, and students who have been involved in research at USM during the past year to complete the survey. Completion of the survey is voluntary. We ask that you do not include your name or any other identifying information in this survey. In order to assure anonymity of the respondents, data entry and analysis will be completed by an individual who is not a member of the IRB or staff in the ORC. The results of this survey may be made publicly available. Reports will not include any information that will make it possible to identify a participant. Completion of this survey should take about 15 minutes. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance; your input is valuable.

Contact Information

The researcher conducting this survey are Marjorie Thomas Lawson. For questions or more information concerning this research you may contact Marjorie Thomas Lawson at (207) 780-4114 or Lawson@usm.maine.edu. If you have any questions about your rights as a research subject, you may contact Nancy Martz, Director of Research Initiatives, USM. She can be reached at (207) 228-8053 or martz@usm.maine.edu.

Notice: If you strongly disagree with any statements in Part 1 through Part 3, we would appreciate a written explanation in the comment section at the end of the survey.

If you prefer to print the survey and mail it to us, you can download a PDF version and send it to us at Office of Research Compliance, USM, 178 Science Building, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, ME, 04104.