Section: Historical perspective of research ethics and Principles of research ethics | Module 4: Applied Research Methods (Research ethics) | University of Rwanda

Section outline

The second week of the course intends to cover the development of contemporary Research Ethics and Principles of Research ethics.

It will cover the two objectives of the course:

Apply the three fundamental principles of research ethics in the development, review, and conduct of research involving human participants

Describe the history and importance of human subjects protections

Over the history, human beings have been subject to unhumane experiments, exposures and manipulations, that triggered the minds of several scientists, thinking about how research/knew knowledge could be generated without compromising the human participants' welfare. Any research should bear in mind that any research conducted aims to comply with the three research ethics principles, which are Respect for the person participating in the research, justice that implies fair recruitment of participants and beneficence that balances risks and benefits.

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- Select activity Historical perspective of research ethics and Principles of research ethics
  
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  By the end of this session, students will be able to apply the three fundamental principles of research ethics in the development, review, and conduct of research involving human participants
  
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  Comments and questions are welcome! However, I have some questions for you with regard to this topic:
  
  What do you think we should keep in our minds as ethics principles during any research involving human beings?
  
  Do you think what inspired scientists in terms of historical perspectives can happen in our setting (country), i.e malpractice, harm and other unethical events? If Yes, give some examples and how you think they could be effectively addressed?
  
  Do you have other questions, please ask them here?
  
  Thanks
  
  Albert