Templates & Resources
Legacy Forms [1]
Pre-EthOS forms and related guidance
Policies & Procedures [2]
Repository of internal and external policies, procedures and guidelines
Obtaining Consent [3]
Guidance and sample consent materials that researchers may use to develop participant materials specific to their research
Research SOPs [4]
Approved Standard Operating Procedures available for researchers to incorporate into REB applications
Ethics Office Outreach [5]
Link to Brown Bag session and other educational offerings from Research Ethics staff
Responding to Mental Health and Wellness Issues
Researchers - both student and faculty - may find themselves in a position of interacting with research participants who have become psychologically upset. The cause of the upset could be the topic of the research or a research-related task; in some cases, it could be unrelated to the research. In such cases, researchers may find it difficult to know how to proceed.
The following resources can provide you with some tools to navigate these situations. You may wish to share the following brochure with your research team members:
Please review the options provided and decide if one or more of these options would provide helpful training for your research team.