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This online session will discuss the use of “off the shelf” apps and software and “homegrown” apps and software when used in research with human subjects.

Attendees in this session will learn about and discuss:

• How to describe the app/software when used as a tool for data collection
• How to describe the app/software when it’s being tested for usability, safety, or efficacy
• Operating system choice and the ethical principle of equitable selection and participant inclusion/exclusion issues that arise
• If the app/software is homegrown, what the IRB needs to know and the role of “Code Review”
• Information to provide to the IRB regarding the app/software data security, data management, and user terms of the app/software.
• Information that must be provided to participants regarding the app/software data security, data management, and user terms of the app/software
• Discussion end point devices used (either the participant’s device, the researcher’s device, or NC State University’s device).
• Threshold for when the app/software becomes a “medical device”
• Discussion of the use of digital media for data collection (VR, AR, GoPro, gaming, some wearables, etc)

There are no required prerequisites but completion of IRB Basics Part I is recommended.

Instructor: Jennie Ofstein