Research ethics: Human [St Lucia]

Human Research is research conducted with or about people, or their data or tissue. It includes the involvement of human beings in the following activities:

• surveys, interviews or focus groups;
• psychological, physiological or medical testing or treatments;
• observation by researchers;
• having participants’ personal documents or other materials accessed;
• collection and use of participants’ body organs, tissues or fluids (e.g. skin, blood, urine, saliva, hair, bones, tumor and other biopsy specimens), or their exhaled breath, and; their information (in individually identifiable, re-identifiable or non-identifiable form) as part of an existing published or unpublished source or database being accessed

In this session the following topics related to Human research Ethics will discussed;

• Principles of ethical research
• Review Pathways
• The process of seeking ethical approval
• Ethics application form (HREA)

There will also be opportunity for your questions. 

Presented by Office of Research Ethics.