Audit Fee Research on Issues Related to Ethics

Research ethics committee audit: differences between committees.

The same research proposal was submitted to 24 district health authority (DHA) research ethics committees in different parts of the country. The objective was to obtain permission for a multi-centre research project. The study of neonatal care in different types of unit (regional, subregional and district), required that four health authorities were approached in each of six widely separated he...

Research issues related to education.

Local Research Ethics Committees can audit ethical standards in research.

OBJECTIVES To show that a Local Research Ethics Committee (LREC) can carry out an audit of ethical standards in research. To find out if a researcher met certain ethical standards in recruiting subjects for clinical trials and in obtaining their consent. DESIGN Postal questionnaire. SETTING Clinical research by one doctor during one year. SUBJECTS Eleven patients entered in clinical trial...

Ethical Issues in Teaching About Research Ethics

Ethical issues in the conduct of research is an important topic in research methods courses for graduate students in many Faculties of Education. The authors relate their experiences in teaching this topic over several semesters using a simulation of the well-known research into obedience by Stanley Milgram in the early 1960s. Students’ reactions to the use of the simulation at both emotional a...

The Issues and Challenges of Research Ethics

The institution of higher education is responsible for assisting students in the acquisition of knowledge, skills and cultural values that exemplify the responsible conduct of research (RCR) through a formal and organized process of learning. Unfortunately, these acquisition processes are particularly difficult to realize within the context of graduate education for two reasons. First, the proc...