Can reading Australian novels help us become more ethical researchers?
Dr Gary Allen
January 17, 2023
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Research Ethics Monthly
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Inclusion of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse populations in Clinical Trials:
December 4, 2019
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Nik Zeps AHRECS Consultant Clinical trials have enormous value to society as they provide the most robust means of working
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Embedding clinical research as part of routine healthcare: Managing the potential for competing interests. (UPDATED).
June 29, 2020
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Nik Zeps AHRECS Consultant Clinical trials are widely accepted as the best method
Sage Methods Minute. January Spotlight: Research Ethics
February 26, 2019
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January’s Methods Minutes, a monthly newsletter produced by Sage Publishing, is a special issue
Investigating an ethical barrier – should HRECs require gatekeeper approval from universities before external research?
February 14, 2022
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Investigating an ethical barrier – should HRECs require gatekeeper approval from universities before external research? | In this traffic post, Kate Christian questions the elephant in the room when it comes to research about universities.
Why do ethics committees require the approval of the institution?
Especially when participants aren’t vulnerable.
Whose interests are they protecting and why?
For national research, the results can be time-consuming, frustrating and add a little to the research.
Early career researchers might meekly accept this but it sucks time, energy and resources. But research Ethics committees should ask themselves the questions: Is this efficient and is it fair? Insisting upon institutional approval may well be skewing the data and distorting the results?
Welcome to the AHRECS Blog
May 23, 2015
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We are thrilled to kick off the AHRECS blog together with our first go