A brief description of each section of the consent form, as well as practical suggestions about what to include in these sections, is presented in the consent form template and the consent form checklist on the Human Research Protection Program website. An informed-consent template for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Human Subjects Committee is also available online. The checklist (for biomedical protocols) and templates will assist investigators in developing consent forms for research protocols. The templates and checklists are more detailed than the overview presented in the next sections.
Sections of a consent form:
Invitation to participate/description of the study
Alternatives to participation/alternative treatments