Survey on the current practice of research ethics committees in the Czech academic environment: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The primary objective of this study was to conduct a comprehensive questionnaire survey on the practices of research ethics committees reviewing academic research projects in Czechia. The study aims to provide an unbiased and objective assessment of the current practices of research ethics committees, namely to obtain the missing data on their functioning in the context of academic research, to identify difficulties and shortages that threaten the responsible functioning of research ethics committees in the country and to investigate the implementation of Additional Protocol on Biomedical Research CETS No. 195 in their practice. Such research has never been conducted in Czechia.

Methods

This was a mixed-methods study, in which the online survey with closed and ope

SUBMITTER: Veselska R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664909 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature