Guidelines, SOPs & templates
Everything you need to prepare a sound submission: downloadable templates, standard operating procedures, role permissions, and the correspondence policy.
Everything you need to prepare a sound submission: downloadable templates, standard operating procedures, role permissions, and the correspondence policy.
All forms above are completed online, then exported as PDF, signed, and uploaded with your submission.
Research carried out within, or in collaboration with, Ministry of Health facilities — or involving MoH patients, staff, data, or samples — requires an additional approval from the National Center for Training and Human Development before it can proceed. Download the application form below and review the Ministry's research priorities.
Estimate the minimum sample size for your study design. Choose the type, enter your expected values, then press Calculate sample size. Formulas are taken from peer-reviewed methodological references (see the citation below the tool) and should be confirmed with a statistician at final planning.
For estimating a single proportion (e.g. a prevalence) in a descriptive or cross-sectional study.
For comparing a proportion between two groups (case–control, cohort, or RCT with a binary outcome).
For comparing the mean of a quantitative (continuous) outcome between two groups (RCT or cohort).
For studying the association (correlation coefficient) between two quantitative variables.
Formulas are based on: Charan J, Biswas T. How to calculate sample size for different study designs in medical research? Indian J Psychol Med. 2013;35(2):121–126. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.116232. Supported by Cochran (Sampling Techniques, 1977), Pocock (Clinical Trials, 1983) and Hulley et al. (Designing Clinical Research, 2013).
When referring to this tool in your protocol or methods, use:
Research Ethics Committee, Polytechnic College of Karbala. Sample-size calculator. rec-pck.org/guidelines.html (accessed ).
Completeness checks, panel routing, clock-pause rules.
Conflict flagging, reviewer blinding, recusal.
Domain-specific quorum and minute-taking.
Letterheads, decision letters, certificate issuance.
Reminders, amendments, semi-annual facility inspection.
Read-only retention and action-log integrity.
| Role | Access rights |
|---|---|
| Submitter (ATU only) | Create/edit own applications before submission, upload files, view own status, respond to revisions, download own approvals; no access to others' applications |
| REC secretary | View all applications, screen completeness, route to panels, manage calendars and reminders, issue letters/certificates, manage archive; cannot vote |
| Panel coordinator | All Secretary view rights for own panel, assign reviewers, manage meetings, record decisions for own panel |
| Reviewer | View only assigned applications, submit checklist and recommendation; cannot see other reviewers' identities (blinded) until decision |
| Veterinarian/Layperson | Same as reviewer, but flagged as mandatory for their protocol type |
| REC chair (head) | Full read access across both panels, override/arbitration rights, sign final approvals, view audit logs and reports |
| System administrator | Technical access: user management, domain-restriction settings, backups, audit-log integrity; no review or voting role |
All official correspondence (confirmations, decisions, certificates, reminders) is sent from one authenticated system address, no-reply@rec-pck.org, with rec.pck@atu.edu.iq as the monitored reply-to for queries.
Official committee mail is not sent from individual @atu.edu.iq mailboxes, that breaks the audit trail and can't be authenticated. Instead, every action is logged to the named user inside the system, and notifications are addressed to their verified inbox but sent from the rec-pck.org address.