NR 505 : Week 1 global health training quiz, Complete solution, Latest 2021/2022

Introduction to Research Ethics quiz Summary Score for this module: 100% 1. The ‘conflict of mission’ in research refers to the potential conflict between: 1. preventing harm to an individual, and 2. gaining scientific k…  True Your correct answer  False 2. Which of the following should not be included as part of the research protocol and submitted to the REC (ERC)?  The budget, including sources of funding  Curricula vitae of the Principal Investigator and the core research team  The information sheet and consent form that potential participants will be asked to sign  A section on the ethical aspects of the protocol, and how the investigators are planning to deal with the ethical issues that may arise  If the protocol has also been reviewed elsewhere, a list of the ethics committee members who reviewed the protocol Your correct answer  A description of how data will be kept confidential and private 3. The Secretariat of an ethics committee can overturn the decision of a committee if they find it unreasonable  True  False Your correct answer 4. Following an animated discussion and after much debate, an REC has decided not to approve a research study that is utilizing a placebo control desi…  Explain the Committee’s rationale, and share the detailed comments made by members of the Committee in order to diffuse the situation and provide a better understanding of the REC functioning  Refuse to enter into any discussion with the PI but invite him to share their views with the REC Secretariat, citing confidentiality as a rationale Your correct answer 5. Ethics committee members should consider the following issues when reviewing a protocol:  have research risks have been minimised?  is appropriate information being provided to participants in a comprehensible way?  are there appropriate provisions to protect privacy and confidentiality?  are the proposed inducements for participants to take part in research appropriate?  all of the above Your correct answer 6. It is often said that 'bad science is unethical'. Please choose the best follow-up sentence.  However, research ethics committees are not qualified to judge the science of a protocol and should therefore not consider the science in their protocol review