Susan Blum, Ph.D.

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RESEARCH ETHICS EDUCATION

• Susan Blum, Ph.D.
• Manager, Ethics Office, University of Saskatchewan

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Policy

• Ensure that research involving human subjects is
  conducted in
• an ethical manner and
• compliance with national standards.
• Requires research or other studies involving
  human subjects meet the standards outlined by the
  TCPS

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Ethics Structure at U of S


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Ethics Education Committee

• MANDATE
• Educate the campus community about ethical
  issues in research (including integrity in
  research), and about current structures and
  processes for ethics review.

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Educational Functions

• Plan, publicize, and implement seminars
• Provide material to campus community
• Provide consultation on research ethics
• education
• Communicate with departments
• to share news, discussion, and announcements

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Memorandum of Understanding

• Signed between the University and the
• Tri-Councils
• Must comply in order to receive
• federal funding

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MOU requirement

• promote education for, and provide training
  opportunities to, members of the Institution's
  community in the area of ethics of research
  involving humans

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GSR 985

• Introduction to Ethics and Integrity
• Non-credit course
• Applicable to any discipline
• Teaches understanding analyzing
• ethical principles, dilemmas responsibilities
• Running for 15 years

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Goal for GSR 985

• Promote more actively
• Departments that do not have a grad course in
  ethics require students to attend

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Workshop

• Half day
• Held in September

RISK
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Information required

• Graduate Chairs
• Associate Deans of Research
• Departments
• Researchers
• Students

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Ethics Education Committee
??

• Would like feedback on
• Do you have an ethics course?
• Do you provide any training for research ethics?
• Do you require your students who do research with
  human subjects to attend
• GSR 985? Why not?
• What are your perceptions and attitudes
• towards the ethics review process?

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Contact

• Manager, Ethics Office
• Susan Blum
• 966-8585
• susan.blum_at_usask.ca
• Chair,
• Ethics Education
• Committee
• Carl von Baeyer
• carl.vonbaeyer_at_usask.ca