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Friend or foe? Building better relationships between HRECs and researchers

In this terrific post, Jess Carniel of the University of Southern Queensland, reflects on research ethics committees engaging with researchers in discipline areas not included in core membership of a committee.

Jess Carniel is Senior Lecturer in Humanities in the School of Humanities and Communication, UniSQ.

She is also Deputy Chair of the USQ Human Research Ethics Committee and an Executive Member of the Centre for Heritage and Culture.

AHRECS agrees with and supports the approaches and ideas she discusses in this post.

We agree that the role research ethics committees should be approached positively to resource practice, rather than from within a bureaucratic frame to police research compliance with rules intended to constrain research practice.

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Can reading Australian novels help us become more ethical researchers?

If someone asked you for some recommended reading or viewing to help them understand human research ethics, animal ethics or research integrity, what would you recommend?

The policies and standards issued by National governments, learned societies, funding bodies and academic publications are generally not especially engaging or entertaining.

In this blog post, Sally Dalton-Brown discusses a couple of options from the streaming and fiction publishing offerings.

They won’t exactly discuss, explain or define the principles of ethical or responsible conduct. Neither will they explain how to adhere to national requirements or instutiona policy. That isn’t surprising, but that is probably not the point. Entertainment, enjoyment and a bit of fun is a great way to engage people with the important elements of ethical and responsible behaviour in the design and conduct of research.

This material could be usefully included in the resource library for members of an institution’s research ethics committee.

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Setting the right tone

In this very practical talk, AHRECS senior consultant, Gary discusses the positive and constructive ways in which a research ethics committee Chair can set the tone of the meeting.

Committees can, and should, have a role beyond the normal operational tasks (e.g. confirmation of the minutes), research ethics review (including the framing of review feedback) and involvement in the institutions approach to professional development for its research community.

The Chair has an essential role in regards to how the committee utilises national and institutional guidance material that frames the conduct reviews and the ethical design/conduct of research projects.

They can usefully also guide the committee towards constructive handling of matters such as conflicts of interest and typographical errors in the material submitted to the committee.

AHRECS has considerable experience in working with research institutions in this area, including mentoring for Chairs and Secretaries, coaching for committees and professional development.

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Is having alternate/reserve members a helpful practice?

In this incredibly helpful and practical post, Erich von Dietze (a senior consultant at AHRECS) reflects on the considerations, benefits and potential challenges when trying to structure your ethics committee (whether human research or Animal Ethics).

Like many matters in research governance (especially Human Research Ethics and Animal Ethics), there is no simple answer that is always right. Saving time and impediments in one area, can create more and introduce delays in another.

Erich discusses the options and explores the issues that require consideration.

Getting this right can mitigate against unexpected member absences, committee continuity and maintain the expertise and readiness of members.

Acting rashly can cause problems, take time and use up resources.

This item is a recommended read for research office staff, a secretaries, committee chairs and members.

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An argument for registers for research ethics committee members

In this great and very helpful post, Gary and Kim (from AHRECS) looks at the benefits of institutions establishing and keeping updated a register of their members.

Such a register could track, when a member was appointed to the committee, when their appointment is up for renewal and the maximum finish date for their appointment. It should also track the dates on which the member has participated in professional development.

Such a register can be a component of good governance with regards to the membership of a research ethics committee.

Maintaining a register of when members have participated in professional development activities can be a great way of reinforcing the expectation that members will regularly participate in professional development. There is of course a reciprocal obligation that institutions regularly conduct internal and fund participation and external professional development activities.

It is good practice for institutions to maintain a public register of the declaration of interest from members. At the very least, such a register should be easily accessible by members of the committee, but it is also recommended that the register be publicly available. Members should be encouraged to at least lodge their interests when they are first appointed and when their membership is renewed.

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The Code Breaker book review

In this post, AHRECS senior consultant, Erich von Dietze, does a review of an incredibly interesting book by Walter Isaacson.

The book, ‘Breaking the Code’ is a very engaging discussion and introduction to genetic research and the labs that work in this field.

The book focuses upon Jennifer Doudna and her collaborators.

The writing style is punchy, direct and it provides an easily digestible introduction to genetics concepts, science and technology.

Amongst the matters discussed is the technology CRISPR.

The author is a professor of history who has written several books including contemporary histories of science and technology.

The book is a recommended read for research Ethics committee members, secretaries and research offices.

It can be especially helpful for lay and other community members, as well as for researchers outside go to outside the genetics field.

We recommend its inclusion in the resource library for your institution’s research ethics committee. It can also be the basis of professional department for committee members.

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