A Survey to Determine the Capacity Development Needs of Research Ethics Committee Administrators in South Africa.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics
; 17(1-2): 84-93, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Most capacity development efforts for research ethics committees focus on committee members and little on ethics administrators. Increasing studies mandate the focus on administrators' capacity development needs to enable adequate and effective committee support. This study investigated current responsibilities, training requirements, and administrator role needs. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among administrators from 62 National Health Research Ethics Council-registered research ethics committees in South Africa. In total, 36 administrators completed the questionnaire. Results show that, in addition to administration, they perform managerial, review process and guidance-advisory tasks. Nearly 49% indicated only having received informal research ethics-related training, not targeted formal training, with 81% of the informal training being through workshops. Research ethics administrators' responsibilities have evolved to complex tasks requiring targeted capacity development efforts.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comitês de Ética em Pesquisa
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Ética em Pesquisa
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article