Scientific and ethical evaluation
The project undergoes a scientific and ethical evaluation conducted by the committee.
The final approval by the Research Ethics Committee is sent to the person formally mandated as responsible for the project.
Institutional suitability evaluation
The research project is also subject to an evaluation of institutional suitability by the CIUSSS. This evaluation must at least cover the following aspects :
- the impact of the project’s implementation considering other ongoing research activities in the organization, particularly regarding the establishment’s concern to avoid over-solicitation of its users or the human resources of the organization;
- the availability of facilities, equipment, and human resources required by the project;
- the adequacy between the local research environment and the proposed project;
- the contractual and financial aspect of the project;
- the modalities of medication management, if applicable;
- the possibility of aligning the research project with the establishment’s orientations.
The final approval of institutional suitability is sent to the person formally mandated as responsible for the project.
Authorization of research projects by the person mandated as responsible for the research project
The person formally mandated to authorize a researcher to conduct a research project within the establishment or under its auspices fulfills their responsibility by verifying that the research project, whether single-centered or multi-centered, has undergone scientific, ethical, and institutional suitability evaluation, and that all these evaluations have yielded a positive result.
The person formally mandated to authorize the realization of a research project within the organization communicates their decision to authorize or not the implementation of this research project to the researcher who requested this authorization.
The researcher cannot begin a research project until the person formally mandated has given their written authorization.
