This workshop will cover the 5 W’s of obtaining truly informed consent. We will begin by looking at what should be covered through an examination of the correspondence between the HRP-503 Protocol Template and the HRP-502 Consent Template. We will then look at considerations related to who should be involved in the consent process, when and where different parts of the consent process should take place, and how to conduct the consent process so that understanding and free choice are achieved. Underlying each of these will be information as to why these areas need to be considered.
Finally, a guide for developing an Informed Consent Process by systematically considering the factors involved in obtaining informed consent will be presented. A team exercise will then occur where each group will be asked to share its analysis of a unique scenario involving a difficulty in achieving the goal of obtaining truly informed consent.

Ashley Regling
Email: scholar1@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-829-4718