AAHRPP Accreditation
AAHRPP finalized revised AAHRPP Standards October 1, 2009 and updated Self-Evaluation Instrument on January 18, 2011.
COACH Tools for AAHRPP Accreditation
- Tutorial: Creating Initial and Reaccreditation Electronic Applications to AAHRPP (3 MB, Word; effective January 3, 2012 )
- Example Language for Section C: Element-by-Element Index to Supporting Documents for AAHRPP Application (18 KB, PDF)
- Sample Template for Section E: IRB Roster for AAHRPP Application
- Sample Template for Section G: List of Active Protocols
- Tutorial for Responding to the Draft AAHRPP Site Visit Report (6.2 MB, Word)
- Suggested Documents to Pull for Initial Accreditation or Reaccreditation (46 KB, PDF; updated December 9, 2009)
- Sample Agendas for Initial Accreditation or Reaccreditation (51 KB, PDF; updated December 9, 2009)
- How to Host an AAHRPP Site Visit (43 KB, PDF)
- Sample Site Visit Questions by Role (September 7, 2010) (597 KB, Word)
- AAHRPP Interview Feedback Form, January 28, 2010 (84 KB, Word)
- Worksheet and Abridged Version of the AAHRPP Evaluation Instrument, February 9, 2011 (2 MB, Word)
COACH Accreditation Conference Call Reference Materials
- COACH Accreditation conference calls will be held on a bimonthly basis beginning February 2012. Information for these calls will be sent out on the Accreditation Distribution list. To be added to this distribution list, please e-mail Ashleigh Wyble — Ashleigh.wyble@va.gov.
- October 18, 2011 Conference Call Presentation (2 MB, PPT)
- December 15, 2011 Conference Call Presentation (2.3 MB, PPT)
- VHA Research Compliance Reporting Requirements (1 MB, PPT)
- VVAPHS Participant Outreach Strategies and Activities (180 KB, PPT)
AAHRPP Quick Links
- AAHRPP Home Page
- AAHRPP Accreditation Procedures (99.3 KB, PDF)(December 15, 2011)
- AAHRPP Accreditation Standards (reformatted October 1, 2009)
- Template for Section C: Element-by-Element Index to the Supporting Documents use with the Revised Accreditation Standards (239 KB, RTF)(October 1, 2009)
- Evaluation Instrument for Accreditation (Revised January 3, 2012) AAHRPP has not created a separate Evaluation Instrument for VA facilities. VA requirements are incorporated within the Evaluation Instrument.
- Instructions to Apply for Initial Accreditation and Reaccreditation (December 20, 2011)
- Step 1 Application Form for Reaccreditation (December 20, 2011)
- Step 2 Application Form for Reaccreditation (December 20, 2011)
- Step 1 Application Form for Accreditation (December 20, 2011)
- Step 2 Application Form for Accreditation (December 20, 2011)
- Annual Report Form (December 20, 2011) Completed annual report forms can be emailed to AAHRPP at reporting@aahrpp.org.
- AAHRPP Document Library (Annual Report Documents, Application Materials, Evaluation Instrument, Tip Sheets, etc.)
Contact AAHRPP
2301 M Street NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: (202) 783-1112
Fax: (202) 783-1113
accredit@aahrpp.org
Marjorie Speers, Ph.D.
Executive Director
mspeers@aahrpp.org
Peter Vasilenko, PhD
Vice President for Accreditation
pvasilenko@aahrpp.org