Research

Welcome to the Cape Fear Valley Health Institutional Review Board (IRB). The role of the IRB is to provide educational leadership for research activities within the Health System and community while ensuring the protection of human research subjects. The IRB provides a scientific and ethical review for each research project. The IRB has one subcommittee (the Resident/Allied Health Research Review Subcommittee) which provides additional support to our residency and training programs by providing structured review and feedback to new researchers.

Use the Human Subjects Research Determination Worksheet for assistance on whether your project constitutes research involving human subjects, according to the regulatory definition and therefore requires review and determination or approval by the IRB.

Forms

Application Forms

• Non-Human Subjects Research Application
  • NHSR Attachment 1: Quality Improvement
  • NHSR Attachment 2: Case Study/Series
• Exempt Protocol Application
• Exempt Category 4 Application (Medical Records)

Supplemental Application Forms

• Research Plan Template
• Attachment A: HIPAA - Use of PHI
• Investigator Agreement
• Research Personnel
• Conflict of Interest Disclosure

Informed Consent Templates

• Case Study Consent Template
• Online Survey Consent Template
• Project Information Sheet Template
• Verbal Consent Template

Guidance Library

• Human Subjects Research Determination Worksheet
• Benign Behavioral Interventions
• Determining Engagement in Research
• Exempt Research Categories
• Expedited Research
• Investigator Responsibilities
• Non-Human Subject Research
• Recruitment
• Use of Advertisements
• Characteristics of Research vs Quality Improvement
• HIPAA and Human Subjects Research
• Informed Consent and Waiver/Alterations
• Medical Record/Chart Reviews
• Research Plan Guidance
• Designated Public Data Sets

For Resident/Student Research