NR 505 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH ETHICS QUIZ

NR 505 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.