This course is intended for individuals listed as study personnel on a UK Institutional Review Board (IRB) application to conduct human subject research who are otherwise unaffiliated with the University of Kentucky. It serves as HSP training for study personnel who are not employed by or enrolled at UK.  It does not qualify as HSP training for UK employees or students. The course material presents basic concepts, principles, and issues related to the protection of research participants.

The information presented is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive and does not replace or supersede local, state, or Federal regulations applicable to human research or any institutional policies regarding the protection of human subjects. It is specific to studies under the purview of the UK IRB. 

Portions of this course were adapted with permission from the National Institutes of Health Protecting Human Research Participants course.  Contributions by Jake Little, Belinda Smith, and Jeeyoung Chun.