Strengthening the Master of Health Research Ethics Training Program

项目摘要 为了确保有更多的研究伦理方面的专门知识来支持迅速增加的研究活动 在马来西亚，马来亚大学的健康研究伦理学硕士（MOHRE）课程 (UM)是与约翰霍普金斯伯曼生物伦理学研究所（JHU）合作开发的。这 该地区第一个此类健康研究伦理学学位课程现已全面实施， 该中心已获得认证，培养了17名受训人员，另有8名受训人员将于今年毕业。的 我们的应用程序的总体目标，加强卫生研究伦理培训计划硕士，是 加强人力资源和教育部的方案，并确保其可持续性：（1）制定和实施一个更 灵活的培训计划，包括全日制和非全日制的入学选择;（2）加强 该计划由我们开发的一种新颖的，基于经验的研究伦理能力框架指导。 计划（FRESCO：研究伦理研究能力和成果框架）和 有系统地在课程中嵌入适合背景的案例;以及（3）提高澳大教师的 研究伦理教育和学术能力。自成立以来，该计划引发了人们的兴趣 在马来西亚和该地区的生物伦理学相关领域的工作专业人员中。然而，目前 格式是不理想的专业学生谁喜欢兼职学习，课程安排发生在外面 正常的工作时间，更多的在线学习机会，这是现在非常高的需求，由于- COVID-19大流行的一部分。随着新的格式，该计划将进一步产生26名学员（21 马来西亚人; 5名来自区域中低收入国家）。我们的目标是利用FRESCO和 根据区域相关案例整理的电子案例簿，以进一步加强该计划。最后我们将 开展一项强有力的教师发展计划，其中包括年度教师发展研讨会 以及一个结构化的指导计划，以使UM教职员工具备必要的知识和技能， 在未来引领MOHRE计划。总括而言，建议的措施将有助我们的队伍扩展， 健康研究伦理专业知识在马来西亚和其他低收入和中等收入国家在东南亚。 最终，我们希望建立一个区域性的研究伦理网络，其中将包括MOHRE校友， 领导人为设计和实施符合道德的健康服务做出有意义的贡献 research.

PROJECT SUMMARY In order to ensure more expertise in research ethics to support the rapid increase in research activities taking place in Malaysia, the Master of Health Research Ethics (MOHRE) program at Universiti Malaya (UM) was developed in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (JHU). This regionally first of its kind health research ethics degree program has now been fully implemented and accredited and has produced 17 trainees with an additional 8 trainees who will be graduating this year. The overall goal of our application, Strengthening the Master of Health Research Ethics Training Program, is to strengthen the MOHRE program and ensure its sustainability by: (1) developing and implementing a more flexible training program that includes full-time and part-time enrolment options; (2) strengthening the program guided by a novel, empirically derived research ethics competency framework developed by our program (FRESCO: Framework for Research Ethics Studies Competencies and Outcomes) and systematically embedding context-appropriate cases in the curriculum; and (3) enhancing UM faculty’s capacity in research ethics education and scholarship. Since its inception, the program has sparked interest among working professionals in bioethics-related fields in Malaysia and the region. However, its current format is not ideal for professional students who prefer part-time study, course schedules that occur outside of usual working hours, and more online learning opportunities, which are now in very high-demand due in- part to the COVID-19 pandemic. With a new format, the program will further produce 26 trainees (21 Malaysians; 5 from regional low- and middle-income countries). We aim to utilise FRESCO and an eCasebook collated based on regionally relevant cases to further strengthen the program. Finally, we will conduct a robust faculty development program which will include an annual faculty development workshop and a structured mentoring program to equip UM faculty members with necessary knowledge and skills to lead the MOHRE program in the future. In sum, the proposed measures will facilitate our team to expand health research ethics expertise in Malaysia and other low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia. Eventually, we aspire to establish a regional research ethics network that will include MOHRE alumni as leaders making meaningful contributions towards the design and conduct of ethically sound health research.