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Basic Track (SBER)
2019 SBER Conference
Basic
Jonathan M. Girard
Manager, Harvard University Area IRB, Harvard University
Meghan Felicia Pronovost, MS
IRB Reliance Administrator, Harvard University
Education research poses unique challenges for IRBs given the often-nebulous nature of the procedures, the inclusion of vulnerable populations, and concerns about impact on the educational experience. In some cases, though, the challenge does not come in reviewing education research, but in determining whether IRB review is needed at all. In conflating entrepreneurship, consultancy, program evaluation, and professional development with human subjects research, education researchers put IRBs in the position to regularly ask, "Is this 'education research' research at all?" Through reviewing cases in which research intersects with a researcher's other academic and professional activities, this session will help attendees identify what activities constitute human subjects research in this field. In making such determinations, the IRB can reduce burden for itself and the research community by ensuring that human subjects regulations are applied only to the appropriate research. During this session, speakers and attendees will: