Attitude of researchers towards ethics committee at a medical research institute in Coimbatore: a cross sectional study

Authors

  • Subhashini Ganesan Department of Community Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Sujatha Rajaragupathy Department of Biochemistry, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Kavitha Subramanian Department of Biochemistry, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Jayagowri Karthikeyan PSGIMSR, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200437

Keywords:

Academics and institutes, Attitude, Ethics committee, Research personnel

Abstract

Background: The role of ethics committees has been well defined, but many researchers regard ethical review as a road block to research.

Methods: To assess the attitude of the researchers towards the ethics committee, a cross sectional study was conducted among 80 researchers, which includes both faculty and undergraduate students at a medical research institute.

Results: Our study shows that though most of the researchers agreed that ethics committee is mandatory, they felt that ethics committee review delays research projects, undermined the role of non-medical members in the committee, felt annoyed about the documentation and answering the full board queries and presentations.

Conclusions: Study concludes that though the researchers have understood the critical role of ethics committee, they lack a positive attitude when it comes to the ethics committee functioning. Therefore, training should be conducted for researchers, which addresses these issues, so that the misunderstandings and conflicts are minimized.

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Published

2020-01-28

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Ganesan, S., Rajaragupathy, S., Subramanian, K., & Karthikeyan, J. (2020). Attitude of researchers towards ethics committee at a medical research institute in Coimbatore: a cross sectional study. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(2), 615–619. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200437

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