Enhancing Research Ethics Education and Practice through advanced ethics training

描述(由申请人提供)：在过去的二十年里，乌干达国家科学和技术委员会注册的研究数量增加了两倍多。虽然Makerere大学健康科学学院及其附属研究机构已经进行了开创性的研究试验，但Makerere大学还没有足够数量的当地培训人员来独立开展这些研究。正因为如此，该大学在很大程度上依赖于发达国家特别是美国和欧洲伙伴机构的专业知识。这些极为有益的合作伙伴关系使研究试验取得了成功，而不一定会加速乌干达当地工作人员队伍的比例和可持续增长，以便开展、管理和评价这些研究试验。在最近的过去，人们普遍认识到培养研究管理人员的必要性，但这股浪潮忽视了将研究伦理学家作为研究管理团队的一部分来培养的必要性。主要的担忧之一是，能够可持续地支持乌干达研究人员独立开展研究试验的国内生物伦理学家数量有限。这种当地的人力缺口，加上迫切需要开发创新但可持续的培训方案模式，以培养出进行符合国际标准的伦理研究所需的高素质人员。这项课程开发计划补助金旨在为开发高质量的研究伦理学硕士学位培训课程做准备，该培训课程的模式非常适合来自乌干达、东非、非洲其他地区和世界各地其他低资源国家的学生。 与公共卫生的相关性：拟议的规划赠款将为乌干达、东非地区和非洲其他地区提供一个独特和及时的机会，以发展一支由当地培训的研究伦理人员组成的可持续团队，使其达到更高级的水平。通过这次机会培训的工作人员将大大有助于应对管理研究活动的挑战，这些活动多年来大大增加了。此外，研究伦理培训课程将纳入Makerere大学健康科学学院的主要培训计划，这将使其成为在低资源环境下以相对较低的成本培养研究伦理专家的更可持续的模式和渠道。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): During the last two decades, the volume of research registered by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology has more than tripled. And while Makerere University College of Health Sciences and her affiliate Research Institutions have carried out ground breaking research trials, Makerere University does not yet have sufficient numbers of locally trained personnel to independently conduct these researches. Because of this, the University significantly relies on expertise from partner Institutions from the developed Countries especially The United States and Europe. These extremely helpful collaborative partnerships have enabled successful research trials without necessarily accelerating proportional and sustainable growth in the cadres of local Ugandan staff available to conduct, manage and evaluate these research trials. Over the recent past, there has been wide realization of the need to develop research administrators but this wave has ignored the need to develop Research ethicists as part of the Research Administration teams. One of the major concerns is the limited numbers of in-country Bioethicists that can sustainably support researchers in Uganda to independently carry out research trials. This local manpower gap is coupled with the urgent need to develop innovative yet sustainable models of training programs that can produce the quality personnel required in the conduct of ethical research that can meet International standards. This curriculum development Planning Grant is aimed at preparing for development of a high quality training curriculum for an International Masters Degree in Research Ethics based on a model that is well suited for students from Uganda, Eastern Africa, other regions in Africa and other low - resource Countries across the World. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed planning grant will provide a unique and timely opportunity for Uganda, the East African region and other parts of Africa to develop a sustainable team of locally trained personnel in Research ethics at a more advanced level. The staff trained through this opportunity will go a long way in meeting the challenges in managing the Research activities that have greatly increased over the years. Moreover, the Research ethics training curriculum will be embodied in the main training programs at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences which will make this a more sustainable model and channel of producing Research ethicists in low - resource settings at a relatively low cost.