LEO: L SHTM E thics O nline

1. LEO: LSHTM Ethics Online Patricia Henley Quality & Governance Manager London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine patricia.henley@lshtm.ac.uk

2. What is LEO? LSHTM Ethics Online • Online ethics application system • Used for staff and students at LSHTM • Merges staff ethics form (E1) with MSc student CARE form Application: https://leo.lshtm.ac.uk

3. Logging in for the first time Help, FAQs, contact Does NOT use your standard LSHTM log-in (eg SRESPHEN), but can use LSHTM email with same password Click new user

4. Registration Currently have a character limit of 50 • Note: • Case-sensitive • Log-in for system

5. Logging in https://leo.lshtm.ac.uk Not your LSHTM Novell log-in

6. Work Area Help, FAQs and contacts System messages appear here. Should also receive emails Archive of all projects

7. Getting started Click on create project

8. Short title Short title will appear in summary lists of projects

9. Start your project Click to start working on project

10. Navigation screen Short title Click to get started • Sections to complete • Greyed out means not applicable (Will change depending on answers provided) Print generates a pdf that can be saved locally Transfer sends to another user. Will not be able to edit. Share allows collaboration on form with two users working on it at the same time.

11. The “smart” form part 1

12. The “smart” form part 2 Click next or previous or navigate to move through form Answering yes will activate further questions Auto-saves BUT will lock you out of system >20min

13. Applicant details

14. Filter questions For MScs: do not require ethical approval from LSHTM BUT still submitted as per other types of studies Some questions have help boxes

15. Example 1:Secondary Data Analysis

16. Project Filter (1) Includes for modelling projects unless fully from public domain

17. Project Filter (1) Data fully from public domain

18. Outline To upload documents. Not all applicable

19. Experience MSc: Upload own CV only

20. Methods

21. Confidentiality & Data

22. Funding

23. Local Approval

24. Secondary data analyses New for MSc: Requested by MSc committee for most students

25. Data Sources, IP & Permissions MSc students only - from CARE form

26. Risk MSc students only - from CARE form

27. Example 2:Working with human tissue

28. Project filter

29. Outline To upload documents. Not all applicable

30. Experience MSc: Upload own CV only Not previously requested for MSc students, but valuable information for ethics committee to determine appropriateness of study, eg RCT studies or working with children

31. Methods

32. Consent Requests more details than CARE form, but very important for this to be included

33. Confidentiality & Data

34. Funding

35. Tissue

36. Local Approval New for MSc but has been an ongoing issue

37. Data Sources, IP & Permissions MSc students only - from CARE form

38. Risk MSc students only - from CARE form

39. Example 3: Literature review only

40. Project filter

41. Outline To upload documents. Not all applicable

42. Experience MSc: Upload own CV only Not previously requested for MSc students, but valuable information for ethics committee to determine appropriateness of study, eg RCT studies or working with children

43. Methods

44. Confidentiality & Data

45. Funding

46. Local Approval New for MSc but has been an ongoing issue

47. Data Sources, IP & Permissions MSc students only - from CARE form

48. Risk MSc students only - from CARE form

49. Sharing the form

50. Sharing To share application with your supervisor or others.