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Examples of how to give appropriate credit to the Clinical Research Glossary
Referencing the MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary if you are using the entire resource in your own organization or on your organization’s website:
“The MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary by the MRCT Center is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0”
Referencing the MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary images in electronic or print materials (text to be placed under the image):
“This image is from The MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary by the MRCT Center, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0”
Referencing individual MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary words and definitions that are used on your organization’s website or in electronic documents:
Please hyperlink the term to the corresponding page on the MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary.
e.g. An adverse event is a….
Referencing individual MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary words and definitions that are used in print participant-facing materials, e.g., recruitment flyers, informed consent forms, study instructions, and Plain Language Summaries:
We do not expect individual references to the MRCT Center if these words and definitions are in print materials designed for participants to learn about clinical research or a specific research study. If possible, however, please include a link to the resource.
e.g., Most/some/all of the definitions used in this document are from the MRCT Center Clinical Research Glossary. You can find more information about many clinical research words at www.mrctcenter.org/glossary.
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