1. How to Complete IRB Member Review
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2. How to use this tutorial
This tutorial is for IRB members who have been assigned to review a protocol.
Use your keyboard’s left/right/up/down arrow (or your mouse/trackpad scroll or the spacebar) to move through the PowerPoint.
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3. RE: Initial Submission Requires IRB Member Review STUDY #: 15-0000-00
1. You are an IRB Reviewer who has received an notification similar to this.
TO: IRB Member
FROM: IRB Office
DATE: Jan 25, :30 PM PST
RE: Initial Submission Requires IRB Member Review
STUDY #:
STUDY TITLE: Study Title
PI: Name
The Initial submission has been submitted for the above-referenced study and has been assigned to you for review. Please log into Cayuse IRB here to review this submission.
Thank you.
2. Click in the link within the or log in to Cayuse.
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4. 1. Once you are logged in, go to your Dashboard and change your role to “Reviewer”.
2. You can then look for the review you need to complete in “My Tasks”. Click on the study you want to review.
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5. Now you are in the study’s submission details
Now you are in the study’s submission details. You need to click on “Review” to be taken into the protocol.
*When reviewing a renewal or modification, you can see the study’s history by clicking “Study Details”  “Submissions”  “Legacy” or “Initial”
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6. 1. Now you can begin the review process.
2. You can add comments at each question. Click on “ + Add Comment.”
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7. 2. You can attach your edited documents to your comments.
1. Notice that the comment box has several options such as Bold, Italics, Underline, bullet points, and attachment (red arrow).
3. Once you have finished with your comment, you NEED to “Save Comment” each time.
2. You can attach your edited documents to your comments.
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8. 1. Once you have saved your comment, this “Visibility” box appears
1. Once you have saved your comment, this “Visibility” box appears. “Restricted” (PI cannot see comment) is set as the default. You must change it to “Unrestricted” (can be seen by PI).
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9. 1. When you are finished reviewing the protocol and are ready to make a decision about it (approve to move to Chair approval or send it back to PI for revisions/clarifications), click on the back to study button.
1. If you have changed the status to “Unrestricted”, the page will now look like this
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10. 1. Click on “Make Decision”. You’ll be taken to another page.
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11. Scroll through this section to choose a decision.
1.This page is where you will make a decision on the type of IRB approval it should have (exempt, expedited, full board) or you can send it back to the PI for revisions/clarifications.
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12. 3. Then click on Save! You’ll be taken back to the study page.
1. If you want to return it to the PI, select the “Return to PI” decision.
2.For any decision you make, you will need to put a date on it. Click on “Today” to place today’s date.
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13. 1. Next step, is to click on “Review Complete”
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14. 1. Once you click on “Review Complete”, your screen should look like this and notice that you have no “Required Tasks” and that the status of the study is “Under Post Review”
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2. If you have sent the protocol back to the PI, then the status of the study would say “reopened”.
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15. If you have any issues or questions, please contact the IRB Office: or (714) (Natalie Del Rio) or (714) (Maxine de Luna) and for IRB document examples and links, visit our website at
instructions.aspx
As this is a new IRB system, please let us know if you find any issues (typos, unclear questions, etc.)!
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