The Assessment of Proficiency in Research Ethics Among Researchers in Academic Institutions

Shivananda S

doi:10.19070/2377-8075-21000971

Abstract

The Assessment of Proficiency in Research Ethics Among Researchers in Academic Institutions

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The research ethics provides guidelines to apply moral regulations and professional codes of conduct in the various steps of research
The participants of the questionnaire survey showed that the institutional ethics committees would be very useful for promoting health research and are imperative for appraisal of the health research projects.The majority of the respondents agreed that they were well aware of the ethical guidelines governing the human research, but when we assess the respondent’s knowledge and attitudes towards research ethics there seems to be a lacuna in complete awareness and knowledge of research ethics
The results of the study helped us to assess the requirement for a regular teaching about research ethics among the faculty and students of medical and dental colleges

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Introduction

The research ethics provides guidelines to apply moral regulations and professional codes of conduct in the various steps of research. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by assessing the responses to 39 selected basic questions regarding Knowledge, awareness and attitudes about research ethics among a total of 415 faculty members and post graduate students of the medical and dental institutions in Karnataka. The students t-test was done to assess the respondents scores on the 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 (1-strongly disagree, 2-disagree, 3-not sure, 4-agree and 5-strongly agree) The average of their scores were compared among the various variable like their specialty and academic position by using the ANOVA test. The results of the study helped us to assess the requirement for a regular teaching about research ethics among the faculty and students of medical and dental colleges.

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