Resource Links
Canadian Ethics and Privacy Resources
- Tri-Council Policy Statement [TCPS2 (2022)]
- Good Clinical Practice Consolidated Guidelines [E6 (R2)]
- PHIPA
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
- CIHR Privacy and Confidentiality in Health Research
- Hamilton Health Sciences: Protecting Personal Health Information
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton: Personal Health Information – Privacy and Access
- McMaster University: Privacy at McMaster
Canadian Clinical Trial Resources
- Food and Drug Regulations (Health Canada) C.05.001-Division 5 Drugs for Clinical Trials Involving Human Subjects
- Health Canada Clinical Trial Application (CTA)
- Guidance Document for Completing the CTA
- Health Canada (CIOMS)
Canadian Ethics Privacy Training
- TCPS Core Tutorial
- CITI Program for Canadian GCP, Privacy, and other ethics courses
- Chart Review Research Ethics Tutorial for retrospective review of charts/health records
Canadian Agencies
- Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
International Agencies/Resources
- Nuremberg Code
- Declaration of Helsinki
- US Belmont Report
- International Council for Harmonization
- US Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- International Compilation of Human Research Standards
- US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
- US National Institutes of Health
- Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
Trial Registration
- World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Clinical Trials Registration
- International Standard Registered Clinical/social sTudy Number (ISRCTN)
- ClinicalTrials.gov
Internet Research
- Internet Research
- Harvard Catalyst (Use of social media)
- Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP)
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Disclaimer: The Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (HiREB) represents the institutions of Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Research St. Joseph's-Hamilton, and the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University and operates in compliance with and is constituted in accordance with the requirements of: The Tri-Council Policy Statement on Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans; The International Conference on Harmonization of Good Clinical Practices; Part C Division 5 of the Food and Drug Regulations of Health Canada, and the provisions of the Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act 2004 and its applicable Regulations; For studies conducted at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, HiREB complies with the Health Ethics Guide of the Catholic Alliance of Canada