A Training Program in Research Ethics in the Americas

描述(由申请者提供)：该教育项目是国际研究伦理培训项目的更新，该培训项目始于2000年，由福格蒂国际中心提供为期两年的资助。该项目的负责人是纽约阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院的生物伦理学教授Ruth Macklin博士。该项目的联合主任是来自阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯的生物伦理学家弗洛伦西亚·露娜博士。作为工业化国家和发展中国家的教师和客座讲师的全面合作项目，该项目为期四年，每年有四名实习生，他们将在布宜诺斯艾利斯度过八个月。该计划的目标是a)为拉丁美洲的一批学者和卫生专业人员提供深入的研究伦理教育；b)为拉丁美洲的研究伦理能力建设作出贡献；c)探索与国际合作研究有关的紧迫问题和悬而未决的问题；以及d)促进美洲正在进行的合作。 培训计划有三个主要内容：1)必修课和选修课；2)接触研究伦理委员会；3)由麦克林和露娜博士指导的两个单独项目。第一个将是专门研究与受训人员专业领域相关的研究道德的特定方面的研究项目，第二个将是一个详细的计划，描述他们返回本国机构后将如何应用他们所学到的知识。该计划将有一个咨询委员会，由来自拉丁美洲几个国家的著名国际生物伦理学学者和领先的生物医学和社会科学研究人员组成。客座讲师和导师将包括来自美国、墨西哥、智利和巴西的国际知名生物伦理学家和研究人员，该项目的一个主要特点是新设计的为期两周的国际研究伦理课程，突出了该领域最近的争议。将建立机制，以便参加该培训计划的学员之间进行持续沟通。在此之后，将建立一个更广泛的网络，供参与美洲合作研究的人员进行交流。在征求咨询委员会和已完成方案的受训人员的建议后，将利用各种渠道宣传该网络。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This educational project is a renewal of a Training Program in international research ethics, begun in 2000 under a two-year grant from the Fogarty International Center. The Director of the program is Ruth Macklin, Ph.D., Professor of Bioethics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The program co-director is Florencia Luna, Ph.D., a bioethicist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a fully collaborative effort involving faculty and guest lecturers from industrialized and developing countries, the program is designed as a four-year effort, with four trainees in each year, who will spend eight months in Buenos Aires. The program's aims are a) to provide in-depth education in research ethics for a cadre of Latin American academics and health professionals; b) to contribute to capacity building in research ethics in Latin America; c) to explore pressing issues and unresolved problems related to international collaborative research; and d) to foster ongoing collaborations in the Americas. The training program has three main elements: 1) Required and elective courses; 2) Exposure to research ethics committees; and 3) Two individual projects mentored by Drs. Macklin and Luna. The first will be a research project devoted to a particular aspect of research ethics relevant to the trainees' area of expertise, and the second will be a detailed plan describing how they will implement what they have learned when they return to their home institution. The program will have an Advisory Committee comprising prominent international scholars in bioethics and leading biomedical and social science researchers from several countries in Latin America. Guest lecturers and preceptors will include internationally renowned bioethicists and researchers from the U.S., Mexico, Chile, and Brazil, A central feature of the program is a newly designed, two-week course in international research ethics, highlighting recent controversies in this field. Mechanisms will be established for ongoing communication among trainees who have participated in this training program. This will be followed by development of a broader network for communication among people involved in collaborative research in the Americas. The network will be publicized using a wide array of channels, after seeking suggestions from the Advisory Committee as well as from trainees who have completed the program.