Section: Ethical issues in research | Module 4: Applied Research Methods (Research ethics) | University of Rwanda

Section outline

The third week is dedicated to ethical issues in research. It intends to enable students behave ethically while conducting a study that involved human beings. They should be aware of all ethical misconducts and think of a way to avoid them.

Learning outcomes:

Define the role of ethics in research

Define and apply basic terms relating to the ethical conduct of research: research misconduct, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, compliance, ethically prohibited behavior, ethically required behavior, and ethically encouraged behavior.

Distinguish between compliance and ethics.

Learning activities:

Think of issues which may arise when informing participants about research and how they should be fixed

Over to you to critically think of all possible issue that may emerge during the conduct of a research so that you can avoid them, and subsequently avoid possible sanctions that apply in each country.
- Select activity Ethical issues in research
  
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  By the end of this session, you will be able to:
  
  Define the role of ethics in research
  
  Define and apply basic terms relating to the ethical conduct of research: research misconduct, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, compliance, ethically prohibited behavior, ethically required behavior, and ethically encouraged behavior.
  
  Distinguish between compliance and ethics.
  
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  Observations, comments and questions are welcome!
- Select activity Mandatory book to read
  
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  Dear students,
  
  The book entitled "International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans" is shared with you to deepen your understanding of all ethical issues emerging when humans are involved. It discussed everything about this course and all chapters that will be covered. As we move along with this course, kindly go back to it and see what WHO says about it and what it recommends to researchers.
  
  It was prepared by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
  
  I hope you will enjoy the reading!
  
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