Short Form Consent Documents

Short Form Consent Documents are “generic” research consent forms that have been translated into multiple common languages and are limited to the basic elements of consent. When no IRB-approved study consent form is currently available in a participant’s language, the use of a written Short Form consent, along with an oral presentation of study-specific details, is permitted.

You must submit an Exception Request in PittPRO prior to use. Please refer to the Non-English Speaking Participants page for further instructions on when and how the short form approach can be used. 

All translated versions are based upon the approved English version.

Language Word version PDF version Certification
Arabic
Farsi
French
Hindi
Mandarin
Nepali
Russian
Spanish
Urdu