Outcome of a research ethics training workshop among clinicians and scientists in a Nigerian university.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Nigeria, as in other developing countries, access to training in research ethics is limited, due to weak social, economic, and health infrastructure. The project described in this article was designed to develop the capacity of academic staff of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria to conduct ethically acceptable research involving human participants.

Methods

Three in-depth interviews and one focus group discussion were conducted to assess the training needs of participants. A research ethics training workshop was then conducted with College of Medicine faculty. A 23-item questionnaire that assessed knowledge of research ethics, application of principles of ethics, operations of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and ethics reasoning was dev

SUBMITTER: Ajuwon AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2246144 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature