Participation as a subject in research projects

Students may from time to time receive invitations for volunteers to take part as subjects in research projects run by members of the School's academic staff, clinical staff of associated hospitals or fellow students. All such projects must be approved by a Research Ethics Committee, on which the College is represented, and where the intention is to recruit medical student volunteers specifically, proposals should have been referred to the School. It is the student’s responsibility to check that any project for which they volunteer to act as a participant, has adhered to these conditions.

The School has a mechanism for reviewing such proposals, bearing in mind students' health and other considerations. Students are responsible for maintaining their own fitness and they are advised that they should not take part in more than one research project a year where invasive techniques or administration of drugs of any sort are involved. In addition, students are reminded that participation as a research subject should not take precedence over timetabled teaching sessions and that they may not use voluntary participation in research projects in requests for mitigation in the event of examination failure.