East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
Introduces
ePIRATE
electronic Portal for Institutional Research at ECU
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE
Training Objectives
After this training you should be able to:
•Log into ePIRATE
•Create your user profile
•Navigate ePIRATE workspaces based on your user role(s)
•Navigate the Smart Forms based on your user role(s)
•Perform tasks associated with your role(s)
•Identify changes to the IRB submission process
•Locate resources for ePIRATE on the OHRI website
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE
New Terminology
•Study State (i.e. IRB Staff Review, Exempt Review in Progress, Assigned to IRB Meeting, etc)
•User Role
•Workspace
•Smart Form
•Jump Menu
•Reviewer’s Notes (only available to IRB members and Department Approvers)
•Ancillary Review
Project Types
•Study
•Amendment
•Continuing Review
•Reportable Event
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE Login
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE Registration
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
Create your ePIRATE Profile
•After registering you must create your profile
•You will receive an email after you register which will have a link that will take you
directly to your profile page, or
•You may click on “My Home” in the upper right corner of the ePIRATE Home screen
to access your “home” screen, once there you may click on the “Profile” tab which
will result in your name being displayed, then click on your name to open your
profile page
•Click on “Edit Researcher Profile” in upper left corner to begin completing your profile
•You will be asked to enter your CITI module completion date as a part of your profile,
this means it will follow you for each study. Update this as needed
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
Navigating Your Workspace(s)
•Investigators & Research Personnel
•Department Approvers, Deans, Associate Deans and Directors
•Faculty Mentors / Supervisors (of student researchers)
•IRB Members
•Ancillary Approvers
•HPAs & Other Administrative Approvers
•Consultants
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
Navigating Your Workspace(s)
TIPS
•Each “role” has its own workspace
•If you have more than one role in the conduct of human research, you must select the
role in which you wish to work in order to display the workspace for that role. To do this,
select your role under “My Roles” located on the left side of your “My Home” screen.
•Your workspace in-box items need your attention (you will also receive notifications at
your email address listed at the time of registration)
•Your workspace in-box & IRB tabs should be used to monitor your studies
•Each study has its own workspace
•Click on a study to enter its workspace to view the submissions and approvals for that
study, access documents for the study as well as view information about the study’s
“current state” etc.
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Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
Navigating the Smart Forms
•Help text (found in the shaded box on the right side of the screen)
•Jump Menu
•Continue Button
•Saving
•Text boxes
•Drop down menus
•Radio buttons
•Add/Select Menus (documents, people, departments, etc)
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE Correspondence
•You will receive email notifications from UMCIRB@ecu.edu
at various times throughout the submission and review
process
•Some correspondence will also be documented and stored
in the history of your ePIRATE study workspace
•Expect correspondence from :
•Your study team members
•People who will need to approve your study
•IRB Staff
•IRB reviewers
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE Resources
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE Resources
East Carolina University
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
ePIRATE Resources
Office for Research Integrity & Compliance
http://www.ecu.edu/rgs/irb/
252-744-2914
UMCIRB@ecu.edu