You have been screened – A Human Research Ethics commentary
This discussion sheet is about the ethical reflections associated with the screening of a potential participant pool and the exclusion of some individuals.
This discussion sheet is about the ethical reflections associated with the screening of a potential participant pool and the exclusion of some individuals.
This is a recording of a Victoria Ethics Network session facilitated by Prof. Nik Zeps, a senior consultant of AHRECS. He is speaking about the role of HRECs with regard to risks, benefits and their weighing. A very handy one hour ten minute talk by an experienced practitioner, who has both served on the committee that drafted the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and has served/chaired numerous research ethics committees.
We won’t say a lot of human research ethics is unimaginative and boring (but it really is) this activity explores engaging alternatives.
This sheet reflects upon a criticism that a research ethics committee has approved the same (or similar) research previously elsewhere
Sometimes, recruitment strategies can be a source of risks to participants, perhaps they even know about the research. This discussion activity prompts workshop participants to reflect on the issues and their own research.
AHRECS has been engaged by a New Zealand university to work on a number of projects, including drafting a New Zealand equivalent to the popular Griffith University Research Ethics Manual (GUREM) – https://www.griffith.edu.au/research/research-services/research-ethics-integrity/human/gurem. To inform our work, AHRECS commissioned Dr Lily George to produce a bibliography around the topics of Māori & Indigenous research ethics. …
How we approach vulnerability can empower and respect individuals or compound their isolation and discrimination they face. In this 11 minute talk by Dr Gary Allen and spoken by Mandy Downing. This talk was sponsored by QUT as part of its HREC professional development and the Committe’s active engagement with the National Statement.
A template for a research ethics committee’s agenda. The first of our template documents for committees. Available to subscribers as a downloadable Word file.