The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when Your study needs plain-language information for participants and a consent form, drafted from your protocol for your ethics board to check.
- {{participants}}
- {{review_body}}
- {{protocol}}
- {{researchers}}
- {{data_handling}}
- {{incentive}}
- {{required_wording}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Draft a participant information sheet and a consent form for the study below, for {{participants}} to read before they agree to take part, so that each person understands what they are agreeing to and can say no without pressure. The draft will be checked by {{review_body}} before use, and their template and rules take priority over anything here. Study protocol or summary (purpose, what participants do, how long it takes, data collected, risks, benefits): """ {{protocol}} """ Who runs the study and how to contact them: {{researchers}} How data will be stored, who can see it, how long it is kept, and whether it is anonymized: {{data_handling}} Payment or incentive, if any: {{incentive}} The review body's template or required wording, if any: """ {{required_wording}} """ Part 1, the information sheet, under 900 words, with these questions as headings: What is this study about? Why have I been asked? What will I be asked to do? How long will it take? Are there any risks or discomforts? Are there any benefits? Do I have to take part, and can I stop? What happens to my information? Will I be paid? Who can I contact with questions or complaints? Part 2, the consent form: one statement per line, each with a box to initial or check, covering that the person has read the information, has had the chance to ask questions, understands that taking part is voluntary and that they can withdraw (and what happens to data already collected), and agrees to each optional item separately, such as audio recording or being quoted. Write in short sentences for a reading age of about 12, using "you" and "we". For example: "You can stop at any time. You do not have to give a reason." This shows the tone and form only. A good information sheet tells people the downsides as clearly as the reasons to take part. Do not overstate benefits, call the study "risk-free", or suggest that saying no will affect their care, job, grades or relationship with us. Do not invent risks, procedures, data practices, contacts or approval numbers; where the protocol does not give something the sheet needs, such as the complaints contact or the ethics reference number, write [to add: what is needed]. If the protocol leaves unclear what happens to a participant's data when they withdraw, flag it at the top, because participants must be told this correctly.
Variables
- {{participants}}
- Who will take part, for example "parents of children aged 5 to 11 at partner schools".
- {{review_body}}
- Who approves the documents, for example "the university's institutional review board".
- {{protocol}}
- Your protocol or a summary of it: purpose, what participants do, time needed, data collected, risks and benefits.
- {{researchers}}
- Who runs the study and their contact details, as they should appear on the sheet.
- {{data_handling}}
- How data is stored, who sees it, how long it is kept, and whether it is anonymized.
- {{incentive}}
- Any payment or gift for taking part, or "none".
- {{required_wording}}
- The review body's template or required statements, pasted, or "none".
Why it works
- Who it's for. It is written for participants, at a reading age of about 12, so each person can understand what they agree to and say no without pressure.
- What to avoid. No overstated benefits, no "risk-free" and no hint that saying no has consequences, the faults ethics reviewers look for first.
- If unsure. Missing details become marked placeholders, and an unclear rule on data after withdrawal is flagged at the top.