The Research Ethics Education Program in Jordan

将伦理标准和规范应用于研究，既能提高研究质量，又能促进研究， 此外，还要保护研究参与者的权利。中东阿拉伯语国家和 北非的研究伦理培训水平很低或根本不存在， 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 在过去的五年周期中，约旦的方案在解决这一缺乏 通过实现其提出的目标和更多的培训。有118名教师和研究人员在此期间接受培训 2015年，来自12个不同国家的25个机构的负责任的研究行为（RCR） 本地区那些毕业的人都坚定地致力于继续他们在这个领域的职业生涯。此外，更多 中东和北非地区的其他2,175名研究生、研究人员和教师接受了RCR培训 在此期间，我们的研究员和教员通过45个不同的讲习班。研究员还领导了 发表40篇同行评审论文。在至少五个学术机构中，研究员正在领导 第一次设立伦理委员会，许多委员会现在是现有伦理委员会的成员或领导人 委员会。我们的研究员中的妇女人数也比目前增加了三倍 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，一名为院长，一名为系主任。我们的目标是继续这些 取得的成就，并通过建立中东和北非第一个生物伦理学硕士学位，将该计划提升到一个新的水平 这将由当地的研究密集型大学-约旦理工大学提供 技术（JUST）。JUST还将建立一个全面的研究伦理中心， 该计划的培训在多个层次上，并提供认证和研讨会在RCR。阿拉伯语 中东和北非地区的大学也将获得RCR认证。如果获得更新资金，我们将 能够将当前计划的活动从美国的机构过渡到LMIC 以JUST为代表的机构。无论是硕士的，拟议的中心，和阿拉伯语RCR 认证将为该区域提供重要的能力建设。它是由当地一所大学提供的毕业 高素质的受训人员准备好在生物伦理和负责任的研究行为方面领导该地区，并扩大 中东和北非地区个人和机构一级的区域协调和责任培训的广度。我们创造了一个范例 在与我们的研究员之间的研究和研究道德的社会规范的转变，并在公正。在这 下一阶段，我们将扩大我们的成功，通过增加更深入的培训提供的硕士 生物伦理学，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.