SUSTAIN: Advancing Makerere University Masters of Health Sciences in Bioethics

SUSTAIN：推进麦克雷雷大学生物伦理学健康科学硕士学位

• 批准号: 10133183
• 负责人: Nelson K Sewankambo
• 金额: $ 24.5万
• 依托单位: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10133183
• 关键词: Achievement; Address; Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; African; Applied Research; Attention; Award; Bioethics; Bioethics Consultants; Clinical; Collaborations; Consultations; Country; Decision Making; Degree program; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Background; Educational Curriculum; Empirical Research; Ensure; Environment; Ethical Issues; Ethics; Faculty; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Grant; Growth; Guidelines; Health; Health Sciences; Indigenous; Industry; Institution; International; Journals; Knowledge; Leadership; Life; Master' s Degree; Mentors; Mentorship; Modeling; Nature; Nerve; Occupations; Participant; Peer Review; Policies; Policy Developments; Policy Maker; Postdoctoral Fellow; Process; Publishing; Research; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; Service provision; Services; Students; Training; Training Programs; Training and Education; Translating; Uganda; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; base; behavioral health; career; college; cost; design; experience; flexibility; improved; innovation; leadership development; life-long learning; low and middle-income countries; next generation; programs; public health research; responsible research conduct; service delivery; skills; social; social culture; socioeconomic development; success

ABSTRACT This is a renewal application to the previous International Health Ethics Training program award (R25TW009730 PD Nelson Sewankambo), that is currently in a no-cost extension period till December 2019. The program has focused on increasing capacity mainly at Master’s degree level and short courses for professionals, researchers and students. This new application is entitled, “Sustain: Advancing Makerere University Masters Bioethics training”. Its major focus is sustainability and builds on the achievements, challenges and lessons learned from the above program, while taking into consideration a) the rapidly increasing external research funding in Uganda b) the increasing focus on research ethics education at masters, PhD and post-doctoral levels, c) the improved national and institutional regulatory research ethics mechanisms and d) the more than 30-year longstanding research collaborations between Ugandan and foreign researchers. The overall goal of this application, led by Prof Nelson Sewankambo at Makerere University is to implement a sustainable advanced masters level education that provides in-depth understanding of international research ethics in clinical, biomedical, behavioral and public health research, and enhances application of research ethics principles in the East Africa. The program objectives that align with the three domains mentioned above are: 1. To develop and sustain a two-year advanced Master of Health Science in Bioethics anchored on didactic course work and practicum experiences to produce graduates who are life-long learners, with in-depth knowledge and advanced skills that are scientifically and socio-culturally relevant to Uganda and international research ethics to provide research ethics leadership (in education, service provision, policy development, and conduct of applied and empirical research. 2. To develop and institutionalize a mentorship program in research ethics that facilitates development of bioethics professionals and health researchers who are committed to the growth and application of research ethics in Uganda’s academic and research institutions to the highest possible degree. 3. To accelerate the development of a Bioethics Center at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, that will serve as a coordination and innovations hub for the rapidly increasing and expanding ethics education (including continuing ethics education and mentorship to alumni), research, consultancy services, policy and related partnerships and networking activities at this research intense institution. This renewal application will lay a firm foundation for sustainability of model program for Uganda and the Sub-Saharan region. Candidates for admission will be identified through a rigorous three-step process. A Training and Advisory committee will be composed of leading researchers, bioethicists, educators and policy makers from Makerere University. They will work closely with the implementation team to ensure success of each trainee and the overall program. This process will lead to enhanced education, training and professional development of its graduating bioethicists with potential to become research ethics leaders and life-long learners. The students will each complete a mentored research project, disseminate their results widely in the country and internationally including publishing in peer-reviewed journals. The success of this program will translate into improvements in ethical decision making for research leading to enhancements in responsible conduct of research, and overall protection of research participants.

摘要 这是对前一届国际健康伦理培训计划奖的续展申请 (R25TW009730 PD Nelson Sewankambo)，目前处于免费延长期， 2019年12月。该计划的重点是增加能力，主要是在硕士学位和 为专业人士、研究人员和学生开设的短期课程。这个新应用程序的标题是“持续： 推进Makerere大学硕士生物伦理学培训“。它的主要关注点是可持续性，并建立在 上述方案的成就、挑战和经验教训，同时考虑到 A)乌干达的外部研究资金迅速增加b)日益重视研究伦理 硕士、博士和博士后教育；c)改进国家和机构监管 研究伦理机制和d)双方30多年的长期研究合作 乌干达和外国研究人员。 Makerere大学的Nelson Sewankambo教授领导的这一应用程序的总体目标是实现 可持续的高级硕士教育，提供对国际关系的深入了解 在临床、生物医学、行为和公共卫生研究中的研究伦理，并加强应用 研究东非的伦理原则。与三个领域保持一致的计划目标 上面提到的是： 1.培养和维持两年制生物伦理学高级健康科学硕士学位 教学课程工作和实践经验，培养出终身学习的毕业生， 在科学和社会文化方面与乌干达有关的深入知识和高级技能 和国际研究道德，以提供研究道德领导(在教育、服务提供、 制定政策，开展应用研究和实证研究。 2.制定和制度化研究伦理指导方案，以促进 致力于发展和应用生物伦理学的专业人员和健康研究人员 最大限度地提高乌干达学术和研究机构的研究道德。 3.加快在Makerere大学卫生学院建立生物伦理中心 科学，这将成为快速增长和扩张的 道德教育(包括继续道德教育和对校友的指导)、研究、 咨询服务、政策和相关伙伴关系以及网络活动 机构。 这一续签申请将为乌干达和 撒哈拉以南地区。被录取的候选人将通过一个严格的三步程序确定。一个 培训和咨询委员会将由领先的研究人员、生物伦理学家、教育工作者和 来自Makerere大学的政策制定者。他们将与实施团队密切合作，以确保 每一位学员和整个项目的成功。这一进程将导致加强教育、培训 以及有潜力成为研究伦理的应届生物伦理学家的专业发展 领导者和终身学习者。每个学生都将完成一个有指导的研究项目， 他们的成果在国内和国际上广为流传，包括在同行评议的期刊上发表。这个 该计划的成功将转化为对导致以下研究的伦理决策的改进 加强负责任的研究行为，全面保护研究参与者。