How to Complete IRB Member Review
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. Instructions are animated.
1. You are an IRB Reviewer who has received
an email notification similar to this.
TO: IRB Member
FROM: IRB Office
DATE: Jan 25, 2016 2:30 PM PST
RE: Initial Submission Requires IRB Member
Review
STUDY #: 15-0000-00
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 email link within the
email or log in to Cayuse.
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.
1. Now you are in the
study’s submission
details. You need to
click on “Review” to be
taken into the
protocol.
1. Now you can begin the review process.
2. You can add comments at
each question. Click on “ +
Add Comment”.
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.
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).
1. If you have changed the
status to “Unrestricted”,
the page will now look like
this
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. Click on “Make
Decision”. You’ll be taken
to another page.
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.
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.
3. Then click
on Save!
You’ll be
taken back
to the study
page.
1. Next step, is to
click on “Review
Complete”
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”
2. If you have sent
the protocol back to
the PI, then the
status of the study
would say
“reopened”.
If you have any issues or questions, please contact the IRB
Office: [email protected] or (909) 869-4215 (Bruce Kennedy)
or (909) 869-3713 (Desiree) and for IRB document examples
and links, visit our website at
http://www.cpp.edu/~research/irb/getting-started-with-aprotocol.shtml
As this is a new IRB system, if you find any issues (typos, unclear
questions, etc.) please let us know!