EBDHP - Week 7 Quiz- Ethics

The term "Ethics" refers to which of the following?

• Truth and Justice

• Write and wrong

• Values and Customs

• Personal judgement

A research project is deemed ‘ethical’ if it has been approved by

• The Peer Review board

• The Ethics Committee

• The school in which the students belong

• The publisher

The ethics committee evaluate which of the following?

• The design

• Implementation of a study

• All are correct

• The research question

 The benefits of a research project should outweigh potential harm to the research participants.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Unless participants agree to potential harm

• None of the above

Which of the following are Key Principles and Concepts?

• Confidentiality and right to Privacy

• Scientific literacy

• Personal conflict

• Freedom of expression

When information is not revealed to a third party, this falls under which category

• Anonymity

• Fair treatment

• Confidentiality

• Beneficence

Once an individual enters a study, they are bound by a contract to complete the study.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an economic concern when completing a study?

• Paying the participants

• Availability of equipment

• Numerous researchers

• Lack of space

Answer explanation

Availability of participants

Researchers must consider if enough people volunteer to participate in the project under the required conditions.

Availability of equipment

 Some equipment is costly to acquire or to operate (e.g. computed tomography (CT) scanners, biochemical assays, experimental drugs). Research planning should take these expenses into account

Availability of expertise

-Specialized assessment techniques and the administration of clinical treatments require professional expertise. If these are beyond the investigator’s competence or if the experimental design requires an unbiased, ‘blind’ therapist or assessor, there must be means for securing them.

Availability of time

-Typically, research extends longer than anticipated.

-They must consider faulty or repair time for equipment

-Participants may suddenly not be available

What type of harm are researchers avoiding?

How confident are you in identifying Ethical issues within research papers?

• Very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Not very confident

• Meh....