The Research Ethics Education Program in Jordan

将伦理标准和规范应用于研究，既提高了研究质量，又促进了研究， 除了保护研究参与者的权利之外。中东和中东的阿拉伯语国家和 北非在研究伦理方面的培训水平很低，甚至根本不存在，尽管 这些国家中的大多数国家的研究概况和活动水平。我们的项目，研究伦理教育 在过去的5年周期中，约旦的一项计划在解决这一问题上产生了令人印象深刻的影响 通过实现其提出的目标和更多来进行培训。在此期间，有118名教职员工和研究人员接受了培训 在负责任的研究行为(RCR)期间，来自12个不同国家和地区的25个机构 该地区。那些毕业的人坚定地致力于在这个领域继续他们的职业生涯。此外，还有更多 中东和北非地区的2175多名研究生、研究人员和教职员工接受了RCR培训 在此期间，我们的研究员和讲师通过45个不同的研讨会进行了培训。研究员们也领导了 发表40篇同行评议论文。在至少五个学术机构中，研究员领导着 第一次建立道德委员会，许多人现在是成员或领导现有的道德 委员会。我们还实现了妇女在我们研究员中的比例比目前高出三倍。 在约旦和许多中东和北非国家的学术界发现，我们的4名女研究员假设 行政学术职位为院长，一人为系主任。我们的目标是继续这些 通过为中东和北非地区建立第一个生物伦理学硕士，使这一计划更上一层楼 它将由东道主研究密集型大学约旦科学大学在当地提供 和科技(只是)。Just还将建立一个综合性的研究伦理中心，将 关于该计划的多个级别的培训，并提供RCR认证和研讨会。阿拉伯语 还将向中东和北非地区的大学提供RCR证书。如果资金用于更新，我们将获得 能够将当前计划的活动从总部设在美国的机构转移到设在LMIC的机构 以正义为代表的制度。硕士学位、拟建中心和阿拉伯语RCR 认证将在该地区提供至关重要的能力建设。这是由当地一所大学提供的毕业机会 高素质的受训人员准备领导该地区的生物伦理和负责任的研究，并扩大 在中东和北非地区的个人和机构层面的区域协调委员会培训的广度。我们创造了一个范例 在我们的研究人员中，与研究和研究道德相关的社会规范的转变，而且只是。在这 下一阶段，我们将在成功的基础上增加更深入的培训，通过 生物伦理，并通过更多的中东和北非国家扩大我们活动的传播范围 研究和学术机构。

Applying ethical standards and norms to research both improves its quality and advances the research, in addition to protecting the rights of research participants. Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa suffer from a low level or non-existent availability of training in research ethics despite a growing research profile and level of activities in most of these countries. Our program, The Research Ethics Education Program in Jordan, was able in the past 5-year cycle to make an impressive impact on addressing this lack of training by achieving its proposed goals and more. There were 118 faculty and researchers trained during this period in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) from across 25 institutions in 12 different countries in the region. Those who graduated are strongly committed to continue their career in this field. In addition, more than 2,175 other graduate students, researchers, and faculty across the MENA region received training in RCR by our fellows and instructors through 45 different workshops during this period. Fellows have also led the publication of 40 peer-reviewed papers. In at least five academic institutions fellows are leading the establishment of ethics committees for the first time, and many are now members or leading existing ethics committees. We also achieved a three-fold higher representation of women among our fellows than currently found in academia in Jordan and many of the MENA countries, with 4 of our female fellows assuming administrative academic positions as deans and one as department chair. Our goal is to continue these achievements and take this program to the next level by establishing the first Master of Bioethics for the MENA which would be provided locally by the host research-intensive University, the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). JUST will also establish a comprehensive Center for Research Ethics that will carry on the program’s training at multiple levels and offer certification and workshops in RCR. Arabic language certification in RCR will also be made available to universities in the MENA. If funded for renewal we will be able to transition the activities of the current program from the US-based-institution to the LMIC-based institution represented by JUST. Both the master’s, the proposed center, and the Arabic language RCR certification will provide vital capacity building in the region. It is being offered by a local university to graduate highly qualified trainees ready to lead the region in bioethics and responsible conduct of research, and expand the breadth of RCR training at the individual and institutional levels in the MENA. We have created a paradigm shift in the social norms associated with research and research ethics among our fellows, and at JUST. In this next phase we will expand on our success by adding more in-depth training offered through the Master of Bioethics and increase the breadth of dissemination of our activities through a greater number of MENA research and academic institutions.