Abstract
The present study was carried out to observe the knowledge of Medical research ethics among medical students. The study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology, Bidar Institute of Medical sciences, Bidar. 200 male (n=100) and female (n=100) second, third & final year MBBS students were included in the study. The standard questionnaire was used to assess participants' knowledge in research ethics. Knowledge of both male andfemalestudentsregardingresearchethics.Inourstudywehaveobservedthat veryfewstudentshasknowledgeabouttheresearchethics.However, comparatively female students are having better knowledge about research ethics than males. We conclude that overall knowledge about Medical research ethics in medical students was very poor and there is a need to introduce research ethics as one mandatory subject in medical syllabus, as research ethics has applicability. Medical council of India must consider this aspect and introduce a Research ethics department in Medical field along with other departments.
Highlights
In recent years medical research was increasing all over the world to increase the quality and quantity of life
Figure No: 1 Knowledge of Research Ethics in male and female medical students (n=200)
Asian J Health Sci |Jan - Jun 2015|Vol-3 | Issue- 3 Figure No: 2 Knowledge of Research Ethics in female medical students ( n=100) ( Values expressed are in percentage.)
Summary
In recent years medical research was increasing all over the world to increase the quality and quantity of life. As medical research involves humans as participants, the researcher must aware of the ethical principles and about ethical committee [1,2,3]. It was reported that research works were carried out without informed consent [4, 5, and 6]. Novelty of the research will definitely depends on the knowledge of the individuals about research ethics. In India there is a CPCSCA, higher authority to regulate animal research. There is no higher authority to regulate human research. Medical research must continue for the well being of humans and animals and at the same time ethical research is invariably needed. The present study was carried out to observe the knowledge of Medical research ethics among medical students
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