Adhering to ethical principles and protection of human subjects are important considerations
part 1
Adhering to ethical principles and protection of human subjects are important considerations in all forms of research.
How stringent or similar should these ethical principles be to the standards placed on the conduction of clinical and/or educational research?
Offer examples where controversy exists regarding application of ethical principles in evidence-based practice projects, best practices in education versus clinical research.
Be sure to address HIPAA and FERPA depending on your focus – clinical practice vs academic education. my topic is clinical practice.
Part 2
Locate a research study (2015 or later) on your topic of interest. Review the participants, procedures (methods section) of the article. Utilize the analysis questions below to guide your review of the overall risk/ benefits ratio. Be sure to provide a link to your article on the discussion board for your classmates (post your response to discussion board as usual and attach a PDF file of article you are reviewing). This is very important
Respond to the following questions:
Do you think the benefits of this research outweighed the costs to participants-what is the overall risk/benefit ratio?
Does the report indicate that the study procedures were reviewed by an IRB or other similar institutional ethical review committee?
Would the participants in this study be considered “vulnerable”?
Were participants subjected to any physical harm or discomfort or psychological distress as part of the study? What efforts did the researchers make to minimize harm and maximize good?
Were participants deceived in any way?
Were participants coerced into participating in the study?
Were appropriate informed consent procedures used?
Was there full disclosure, and was participation voluntary?
Does the report discuss steps that were taken to protect the privacy and confidentiality of study participant?
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