True to its objective of building the consortium’s health research and development capacity through expanding research education and training opportunities, the Health Research and Development Consortium Region IV-A once again conducted the Seminar-Workshop on Ethics in Health Research (Basic Course). The seminar was held at De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI), Dasmarinas City, Cavite on April 18-19, 2013. The two-day activity has been organized in response to the number of request received from the members of HRDCR IV-A to repeat the training on ethics in health research held last October 3-4, 2012.The participants who attended April 2013’s event were mostly from the newly added member-institutions of Region IV-A and other members of Ethics Committees who were not able to attend the previous training.

The activity consisted of lectures and workshops led by Dr. Angelica D. Francisco, Chair of DLSHSI Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) and HRDCR IV-A Subcommittee on Ethics, Dr. Melchor Victor G. Frias, IV, DLSHSI Vice Chancellor for Research and HRDCR IV-A Convenor and Dr. Eleanor P. Padla, also a member of the IEC and Director of Research Administration and Development of DLSHSI Research Division. Lectures focused on the important concepts and principles of Ethics in Health Research that can be useful in resolving ethical dilemmas. The different controls for Ethics in Research were also discussed. The conference also provided a unique opportunity not only for the participants but also for the speakers to learn from each other’s expertise, challenges, conflicts and dilemmas.

As Dr. Frias said in one of his lectures, the participants are the most important member or person in a research study. The welfare and safety of the participants must be at the forefront of any research endeavour.

The organizers and speakers are hopeful that the training enhanced the delegates capacity as a researcher equipped with improved ethical judgement and decision making towards doing and advocating quality ethical research.***

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Date: Monday, 20 May 2013 07:15