Greater Nashville Area

Greater Nashville Regional Chapter presents

Engaging Participants with Confidence: Practical Tools for Recruitment and Informed Consent in Research

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026

Time: 12 – 1 p.m. CST | Location: Virtual

Meeting Information & Registration: To register for the meeting, please click here to complete the REDCap survey. Upon registration completion, a meeting password and the link will be sent to the email entered on the survey.

Speakers: Jasmine Bell, MPH; Sarah Cook, MPH; & Natalie Muth, MPH

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe and discuss strategies for engaging prospective participants
  2. Describe and discuss ways to address common questions and concerns, and encourage meaningful conversations about research participation
  3. Describe and discuss best practices for conducting a person-centered consent process that promotes participant understanding and informed decision-making

Continuing Education (CE): Actual attendance will be documented via emailing kate.vonwahlde@vumc.org during or immediately following the meeting. Following the meeting:
1. SOCRA members who meet the required minimum of 50 minutes of attendance for a one-hour meeting will receive 1 CEU. The SOCRA Executive Office will email certificates to members.
2. Non SOCRA members can track attendance via VUMC CME website and/or their own CE tracking method.
3. A unique VUMC CME code will be provided during the meetings, the code is valid for 24 hours.

Complete meeting details and disclosures

If you have any questions, please contact Wendy Lloyd (wendy.lloyd@vumc.org

Accreditation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  This activity received no commercial support.

Financial Disclosures:  Faculty and planners for this event have the following disclosures:

Name of individual Individual's role in activity Name of commercial interest/Nature of relationship
Annette Oeser, MA Bioethics, MLAS, BS, CIM, CCRP Faculty: Nothing to disclose – 07/03/2025

Natalie Muth, MPH; Faculty: Nothing to disclose – 12/23/2025

Sarah Cook, MPH; Faculty: Nothing to disclose—2/25/2026

Jasmine Bell, MS; Faculty: Nothing to disclose—7/10/2026


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Chapter Chairpersons:

Wendy Lloyd
Phone: 615 936 7106
E-mail

Annette Oeser
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