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A Social Sciences perspective on teaching research ethics to UG studentsPeter A. BathDepartment of Information Studies(with acknowledgements to Professors Peter Willett and Val Gillet and Mr. Richard Hudson, RIS)
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Overview• Providing the context
• Clear definitions
• Explaining the issues
• Attention to detail
• Examples and case studies
Examples of slides to illustrate
Focus on final year research projects
Providing the context• Background to national
developments
• UG students may not be aware of Alder Hey etc.
• Other examples of unethical research, e.g., MMR vaccine scare, plagiarism
• Need to relate this to UoS and research ethics policy
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Clear definitions• Concepts may be
unfamiliar – avoiding assumptions of prior knowledge
• Engage students in discussing issues and questioning
• Include legal issues, e.g., DPA (1998)
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Explaining pertinent issues• Research ethics policy
• Relevance to, and impact on, BSc research projects
• Process for handling ethics review
• Definitions of risk, and examples of these
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Attention to detail• Detailed discussion of
potential problems areas:• Safety / well-being
• Informed consent
• Anonymity / confidentialityLinking data sets
• Clear pointers to the relevant resources, use MOLE for module materials
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Case studies and examples• Small group work looking
at real examples
• Include range of examples
• More or less relevant to illustrate issues:
• Patient groups
• Recording media
• Students as participants
• Sensitive topics, obesity, fertility
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Conclusions• Teaching research ethics to
Undergraduate students:• Discussing new concepts / issues
• Engaging students with the idea that research ethics is a process
• Establishing the relevance to their work
• Providing clear examples and definitions
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