Part of creating and implementing research data management, especially when considering data deposits of clinical biomedical research, involves patient consent. Canada’s clinical community has yet to harmonize consent language considering shifting data management and deposit mandates.
Research ethics considerations in RDM
Below we present an infographic developed for use as a training tool. The collaboration between Research Ethics Boards and researchers will help better equip research communities in effectively and efficiently complying with new and incoming research data management requirements, including that of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management policy.
Harmonized consent language for data sharing
Access the data sharing consent templates on the ARCHIMEDES website.
The Advanced Research Collaboration for Health Integration, Medical Exploration, and Data Synthesis (ARCHIMEDES) aims to deliver a digital health platform that can be used to collect, manage, share, or perform analytics (biostatistical analyses, predictive modelling, data visualization and artificial intelligence).
These data sharing consent templates were created by the Metaresearch and Open Science Program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and adapted from the Ottawa Health Science Network-Research Ethics Board templates.
These templates are being provided to the research community as a resource that can be adapted by the research team and their institutions study goals and privacy considerations. These documents have been reviewed and revised through many processes including input from legal and bioethical perspectives from different jurisdictions in Canada, privacy and security professionals, and patients and caregivers in Canada.
The Advanced Research Collaboration for Health Integration, Medical Exploration, and Data Synthesis (ARCHIMEDES) aims to deliver a digital health platform that can be used to collect, manage, share, or perform analytics (biostatistical analyses, predictive modelling, data visualization and artificial intelligence).
These data sharing consent templates were created by the Metaresearch and Open Science Program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and adapted from the Ottawa Health Science Network-Research Ethics Board templates.
These templates are being provided to the research community as a resource that can be adapted by the research team and their institutions study goals and privacy considerations. These documents have been reviewed and revised through many processes including input from legal and bioethical perspectives from different jurisdictions in Canada, privacy and security professionals, and patients and caregivers in Canada.
Building Community to Support Data Sharing in Health Research Event
This one-day workshop at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, targeted privacy specialists, institutional legal teams, Research Ethics Boards (REB) members, research integrity offices, science policy specialists, and researchers interested in understanding pathways to foster data sharing in medicine.
The goal of the workshop was to learn, discuss and build community among experts and professionals working in research ethics, privacy, and open science spaces around best practices to support health research data sharing.
This event took place at The University of Ottawa Heart Institute on March 21st, 2025.
Please view the recording of the event and presentation slides below.
The goal of the workshop was to learn, discuss and build community among experts and professionals working in research ethics, privacy, and open science spaces around best practices to support health research data sharing.
This event took place at The University of Ottawa Heart Institute on March 21st, 2025.
Please view the recording of the event and presentation slides below.