Enabling Ethical Research; A Bioethics Capacity Building Program in Pakistan

计划摘要 在过去的几十年里，生物医学研究一直在呈指数级增长，需要 研究伦理能力的同步增长。中低收入国家[LMIC]面临冲击 由于社会经济、文化、宗教和政治动荡和需要而产生的卫生保健问题 更好的研究，为这些问题找到解决方案。巴基斯坦，世界第五大国 正在努力提高对影响当地人口的医疗保健问题的研究能力 要求支持建立研究伦理资源的人口。建议数 计划就是这样一项努力。 促进伦理研究(Enabler)：巴基斯坦的能力建设计划 计划中的项目，将有三个主要目标：1)开发两年制高级课程 生物伦理学硕士课程，特别强调研究伦理学，2)提供两个- 一年高级生物伦理学硕士课程，以及3)进行需求评估 巴基斯坦领先学术中心的研究伦理和生命伦理学 方法进路。 这一高级硕士课程是为来自不同职业生涯中期的专业人士提供的 学科使他们成为该领域的领导者，能够带头类似 计划在自己的机构和开展高质量的背景研究 道德问题。这一计划的成功实施预计将转化为 在四个领域提高生物伦理学的整体质量/标准，即：研究 伦理学、临床伦理学、公共卫生伦理学和组织伦理学，研究 集成在每个领域中。该计划将以非全日制形式提供给健康人员 专业人员、研究人员、药剂师、物理治疗师、医院管理人员 卫生部官员和政策制定者、律师、医学记者、社会科学家， 哲学家和其他人，居住在巴基斯坦。此外，该提案还包括一个国家-- 在该国广泛开展与研究伦理相关的能力测绘工作。预计这将是 提供有关各机构的人力需求和道德基础设施的信息， 可能对政策制定、资源分配和类似培训的规划有所帮助 程序。 1

Program Summary Biomedical research has been increasing exponentially in the last few decades, requiring a parallel growth in research ethics capacity. Low Middle Income Countries [LMIC] face striking health care issues due to socioeconomic, cultural, religious, and political turmoil, and need better research to find solutions for those issues. Pakistan, the fifth largest country of the world by population, is trying to increase research capacity for health care issues affecting local populations mandating a supporting effort to build research ethics resources. The proposed program is one such effort. Enabling Ethical Research (EnablER): A Capacity Building Program in Pakistan, the planned project, will have three main aims; 1) Develop a curriculum for two-year advanced level Master of Bioethics program with special emphasis on Research Ethics, 2) Deliver a two- year advanced level Master of Bioethics program, and 3) Conduct a needs-assessment of Research Ethics and Bioethics in leading academic centres of Pakistan through a mixed method approach. This advanced level Master program is for mid-career professionals from different disciplines enabling them to become leaders in the field capable of spearheading similar programs in their own institutions and carrying out high-quality research on the contextual ethical issues. The successful implementation of this program is expected to translate into improving the overall quality/standards of Bioethics in the four domains namely; research ethics, clinical ethics, public health ethics, and organizational ethics, with research being integrated in each domain. The program will be offered on a part-time basis to health professionals, researchers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, hospital administrators, in addition to health ministry officials and policy makers, lawyers, medical journalists, social scientists, philosophers among others, residing in Pakistan. Additionally, the proposal includes a country- wide mapping exercise of research ethics-related capacity in the country. This is expected to provide information on the manpower needs, and ethics infrastructure of institutions, which may be helpful for policy making, resource allocation, and planning of similar training programs. 1