Capacity development workshop on research ethics for clinicians and scientists at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Capacity Development Workshop on Research Ethics for Clinicians and Scientists at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria My project is to conduct and evaluate training workshops on research ethics for researchers including clinicians, social scientists, and basic scientists, in my institution, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (CMUI), Nigeria, when I return home in July 2003. This project is relevant to the needs of researchers in this institution because the majority have limited access to training on research ethics. In addition, there are anecdotal reports of unethical practices, such as enrolling patients into trials without receiving informed consent in this institution. Funds from Fogarty international Center (FIC) are to be used for setting up the project (purchase of computers, hiring support staff, etc), needs assessment through focus group discussions and interviews, conducting and evaluating training workshops. Because of funding constraints, the FIC grant can support the training of only 80 persons (32% of staff in the institution). We seek additional funds to increase participation by staff. It would be marginally less expensive to recruit additional trainees to participate in planned workshops than to develop a new workshop from the scratch. Thus, Wellcome funds will be used to train about 50 more people bringing the number to 130 researchers in this institution. The content/topics to be covered during the workshops are principles of research ethics, international guidelines and regulations, informed consent, standard of care, obligations of researchers to participants, ethics of research design, functions of IRB, conflict of interests, conduct and misconduct in research. The training workshop would emphasise use of case studies, a method for discussing scientific integrity suitable for adult learning. Participants will complete pre-post tests to determine outcome of the training. The main expected outcome is improved capacity of researchers to conduct ethically acceptable research involving human subjects.

Programme: Small grant in H&SS

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