Evaluating the practice of ethical review by Research Ethics Committees (REC) could help protect the interests of human participants and promote scientific progress. To facilitate such evaluations, we conducted an ethnographic study of how an REC reviews research proposals during its meetings. We observed 13 meetings of a Dutch REC and studied REC documents. We coded this material inductively a...

Ethics committees are the most important practical instrument of clinical ethics in Belgium and fulfil three tasks: the ethical review of experimental protocols, advising on the ethical aspects of healthcare practice, and ethics consultation. In this article the authors examine the current situation of ethics committees in Belgium from the perspective of clinical ethics. Firstly, the most impor...

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today country success in economic, social, political , cultural and tendencies are the hostages and pawns of coherent and dynamic didactic system and approved; the education and didactic programs for qualification improvement and dynamism need to evaluate and scrutiny quantitatively and qualitatively. current study started with the goal of presenting faculty competency evaluation for the reason...

INTRODUCTION Competency means the capacity to make responsible and balanced decisions. This may be performed in clinical settings (decision-making abilities on treatment or risky diagnostic procedures) and also in daily-life activities (financial matters, nursing home admittance, contracts, etc.). Competency is linked to the ethical principle of autonomy and to a horizontal doctor-patient inter...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to review dementia nursing competencies. The objectives were to explain the relevancy of dementia competencies across care settings and levels of practice. BACKGROUND Dementia is strongly associated with increasing age and as the world population ages there is an imperative to ensure the healthcare workforce is fully equipped to meet the needs of ...

OBJECTIVE To explore perceptions of faculty educators regarding the importance of nontechnical competencies in veterinary graduates and the placement of nontechnical competency development in veterinary education. DESIGN Survey. SAMPLE POPULATION All faculty members at 5 North American veterinary medical institutions. PROCEDURES Participants rated the importance of 14 nontechnical compete...

Nutritional genomics has reached the public through applications of the Human Genome Project offered direct to consumers (DTC). The ability to pursue nutrigenetic testing without the involvement of a health care professional has received considerable attention from academic and policy commentators. To better understand the knowledge and attitudes of Canadian health care professionals regarding ...

The developmentally disabled constitute a vulnerable population in the context of nontherapeutic experimentation. Their vulnerability is characterized by diminished decision-making capacity and by susceptibility to coercive situations that may bring voluntariness into question. The international consensus is that research involving this population should be permitted, but only if the consent of...

Purpose: This study aimed to develop a Core Competency Scale for clinical nursing student educators.Methods: In this study, we constructed conceptual framework, selected initial items, verified the content validity, conducted two rounds of Delphi expert consultation, secondary and tertiary extracted final items. The included 242 educators students. Item analysis, factor criterion internal consi...