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    Suggestions from IC template guidance

    May 1, 2014
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    Suggestions from IC template guidance

    Eliminate the technical jargon

    The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center IRB and a special task force developed guidance and a template for improving and simplifying informed consent forms. Among the guidance’s suggestions are these tips for making an IC form more readable:

    • Write the consent document to a sixth-to-eighth-grade reading level.

    • Use Arial, Calibri, or other plain font in 11 point or larger size.

    • Use underline, bold, or boxes to emphasize important points. Do not use italics or all caps.

    • Have a clear page layout with a lot of white space.

    • Use page numbers, bullets, graphics, tables, and flow charts.

    • Avoid technical, medical, legal jargon.

    • Spell out acronyms and abbreviations the first time they are used.

    • Be consistent with words and terminology throughout the document.

    • Keep words to three syllables or fewer and write short, simple, direct sentences.

    • Limit paragraphs to one idea and keep them short.

    • Use an active voice and use second person with the pronouns "you," "we," and "I."

    The template also offers examples of preferred language. Here is a sample:

    • Instead of saying "trial" or "experiment," use "research study" or "project."

    • Instead of using the word "randomization," say, "like flip of a coin or like drawing numbers from a hat."

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