Research : Policy Hand Book

Detailed and Comprehensive Listing

Research Policy Guide Book

The above document (46 pages, PDF format) outlines and explains the following policies of Life West's Research department:

Chapter 1. Experimental Policies

1.1.0 Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives
1.2.0 Initiating a Research Project
1.3.0 Responsibilities and Rights of Principal Investigators
1.4.0 Data Access, Management and Academic Freedom
1.5.0 Research Organizational Structure

Chapter 2. Ethical Issues in Research

2.1.0 Informed Consent
2.2.0 Informed Consent Form Template
2.3.0 Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts
2.4.0 Institutional Review Board at Life Chiropractic College West (IRB)
2.5.0 Title 45 CFR 46 - Protection of Human Subjects (United States Government Federal Regulations)
2.6.0 Categories of Research That May Be Reviewed by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) through an Expedited Review (United States Government Federal Regulations) general, to assist and facilitate scholarly activity.