Enhancing Research Ethics Education and Practice through advanced ethics training

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的二十年中，乌干达国家科学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开展了突破性的研究试验，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，大学在很大程度上依赖于来自发达国家，特别是美国和欧洲的合作机构的专业知识。这些极其有益的合作伙伴关系使研究试验取得了成功，但不一定会加速乌干达当地工作人员干部的比例和可持续增长，这些工作人员可以进行、管理和评估这些研究试验。在最近的过去，人们已经广泛认识到培养研究管理人员的必要性，但这一浪潮忽视了培养研究伦理学家作为研究管理团队一部分的必要性。其中一个主要的问题是，能够持续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。当地的人力资源缺口与开发创新且可持续的培训项目模式的迫切需求相结合，这些培训项目能够培养出符合国际标准的伦理研究所需的高素质人才。这一课程发展规划赠款旨在为国际研究伦理学硕士学位的高质量培训课程的开发做准备，该课程基于一种非常适合乌干达、东非、非洲其他地区和世界上其他资源匮乏国家学生的模式。

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.