An educational workshop designed for research ethics consultants to educate investigators on ethical considerations
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An educational workshop designed for research ethics consultants to educate investigators on ethical considerations Hiroaki Yanagawa 1 & Masayuki Chuma 1 & Kenshi Takechi 1,2 & Kenta Yagi 1 & Yasutaka Sato 1 & Chikako Kane 1 & Satoshi Sakaguchi 1 & Kaori Doi 3 & Yusuke Inoue 4 & Kenji Matsui 5 Accepted: 25 September 2020/ # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract The role of research ethics consultants in biomedical research has increased to the point that they have an advisory capacity at all research institutes. For such professionals, we have established an educational system, which includes teaching materials, training methods, and nationwide educational workshops. These workshops have served to examine the developed system’s usefulness and to provide realistic training for consultant candidates. In addition, we have used the current workshop to encourage clinical research investigators (and related personnel) to participate. Subsequently, we examined its usefulness as an opportunity to provide exposure to research ethics. In October 2019, we held a 1-day pilot workshop in Tokushima, Japan, which included a basic lecture in research ethics. During the lecture, two sets of materials were used for case discussion: case 1, covering issues related to a clinical trial, and case 2, covering issues related to human biological specimens. At the end of the workshop, a 30-item selfreporting anonymous questionnaire was provided. Of the 13 total participants, 9 (70%) were clinical research investigators and related personnel, while 6 (46%) had no direct intention to act as consultants. Respondents indicated that case 2 was more difficult than case 1. However, both cases were generally accepted as educational materials; thus, satisfaction was expressed in relation to both. As the evaluations of the cases were generally positive, we will further examine the usefulness of participation in the workshop in the cultivation of research ethics in the investigator community. Keywords Research ethics . Consultants . Education . Japan . Investigators
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* Hiroaki Yanagawa niseko@tokushima–u.ac.jp Extended author information available on the last page of the article
Yanagawa H. et al.
Introduction Research ethics are central to biomedical research; thus, various attempts have been made to provide investigators and/or research ethics committee members with ethics-related methodological education (Halkoaho et al. 2013; Ramalingam et al. 2014; Millum et al. 2015). In the practice of ethical biomedical research, attention has recently shifted to the role of research ethics consultants. These consultants have the capacity to advise clinical research investigators at each research institute (Beskow et al. 2009; McCormick et al. 2013; Sharp et al. 2015; Porter et al. 2018a). Notably, despite investigator-directed research ethics education, there is a paucity of inform
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