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Criteria for Student Involvement in CBR

Criteria for Student Involvement in CBR Projects

 

Students may be involved in CBR Projects through the CHCP if they meet the following criteria:

 

  • Have developed skill and knowledge in aspects of research;
  • Have supervision in place by a faculty member and have CBR experience as a course requirement;
  • Have worked in a community setting and/or taken a course with community focus; and
  • Have completed the required orientation prior to commencing project activities. Orientation includes:
    • Community-based research: definitions, approaches, strategies etc;
    • Issues and strategies in working in a community setting;
    • Research ethics, Douglas College policies on research and research ethics;
    • How to handle data confidentially, strategies to use when problems with data collection arise or when problematic areas are revealed during data collection;
    • The agency: roles, mandate, goals, clientele, culture, contact individuals;
    • The parameters of the project, the agency and their role; and
    • Have reviewed the CHCP website materials on Roles and Responsibilities in CBR: Agency, Faculty, CHCP and Student.
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