Emily FarrisThe informed consent document our IRB wants us to use is 9 pages long. Nearly 4000 words. These consent documents are like terms and conditions - they aren't actually informing people.
Sarah E. Parkinson@efarris To many people, a document of that length that is covered in boilerplate legalese just feels threatening; it inevitably sounds like it’s made to protect the distributing entity (basically your point about terms and conditions) and not the participant. Honestly I want someone to do an experiment testing different approaches to consent in terms of what people actually understand and retain. Like do many informed consent procedures actually impede genuine informed consent?
@se_parkinson agree! Not sure how to get that one by IRB 😀
@efarris necessary use of deception means you'd be sitting on it for at least a year 😂