Your Privacy

We recognize the sensitive and private nature of some of the information we will be requesting. Our team is dedicated to ensuring your privacy and confidentiality throughout the research process. All research assistants have received training in the university's ethical guidelines and standards for research involving human subjects. All of your personal information, responses, and data collected will remain confidential. Any documents containing your name or other identifying material will be kept separate from all other records and stored in separate filing cabinets and/or computer files. Instead, code numbers will be used to identify these records. Published findings will not include any identifying information and will be combined with information from other paramedics, thus preventing any analysis which is specifically focused on you. No personal information or results will ever be shared with your spouse, other paramedics, employer(s), union(s), or any other individuals/agencies. We have absolutely no affiliation with any EMS services, members of management, or any of its affiliated unions. We operate as independent researchers within the University of British Columbia (specifically, the Centre for Health & Coping Studies in the Department of Psychology, which is led by Dr. Anita DeLongis). We operate under the guidelines of the UBC Research Ethics Board, and are funded by a single internal grant from the University of British Columbia (called the Hampton Fund). No funds of any kind have been received from EMS services, nor have any requests been made on their behalf to operate the study in any particular manner. Some services have, however, been kind enough to distribute emails and paper advertisements on our behalf. The information gathered by this study will be used for research purposes only. Findings based on group responses will be presented at academic conferences and published in scholarly journals. No identifying information will ever be included in any of these proceedings. All online surveys and questionnaires are located on a secure server within UBC and cannot be accessed by outside parties. This research has been reviewed and approved by the UBC Research Ethics Board. If you are concerned about your rights or treatment as a research subject you may contact the Research Subject Information Line in the UBC Office of Research Services at 604-822-8598 or email RSIL@ors.ubc.ca.

Centre for Health & Coping Studies Department of Psychology 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Tel: 604-822-4729