In Bulgaria, a legal commission on academic ethics has been operating since recently; it is subsidiary body to the Minister of Education and Science. The regulations this special are structured through Law Academic Staff Development Republic Bulgaria. Its functions related implementation certain control procedures for obtaining educational scientific Doctor degree Science degree, as well positi...

Since 1997 British studies involving five or more centres have required approval from both a multicentre research ethics committee and the local research ethics committee for each centre. A local committee can reject the protocol for local reasons but cannot amend it. Some researchers have criticised the process of obtaining ethical approval for multicentre studies, but little is known about th...

A standard application form for the ethical review of health-related research studies has recently been adopted by many Irish medical research ethics committees. In order to assess the impact of the new form, we reviewed all comments made by the Beaumont Hospital Ethics Committee during two six-month periods, immediately prior to adoption of the new form (2010), and soon afterwards (2011). Neit...

In the article, “Evaluation of a combined posterior lateral and anteromedial approach in the treatment of terrible triad of the elbow: A retrospective study”, which appeared in Volume 96, Issue 24 of Medicine, in the following sentences, “Affiliated YiWu Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University” should have appeared as “Guizhou Province Orthopedics Hospital.” “The present study was performed in a...

This paper examines the UK's response to a recent European Clinical Trials Directive, namely the Department of Health, Central Office for Research Ethics Committee guidance, Governance Arrangements for NHS Research Ethics Committees. The revisions have been long awaited by researchers and research ethics committee members alike. They substantially reform the ethical review system in the UK. We ...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs in 30-40% of patients after cardiac surgery. Identification of recurrent postoperative AF is required to initiate evidence-based management to reduce the risk of subsequent stroke. However, as AF is often asymptomatic, recurrences may not be detected after discharge. This study determines feasibility and impact of a self-surveillance pr...

INTRODUCTION The clinical syndrome of neonatal sepsis, comprising signs of infection, septic shock and organ dysfunction in infants ≤4 weeks of age, is a frequent sequel to bloodstream infection and mandates urgent antimicrobial therapy. Bacterial characterisation and antimicrobial susceptibility testing is vital for ensuring appropriate therapy, as high rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR),...

The quality of services carried out by nursing staff can be assessed as an indicator good or bad service in hospitals, so nurses are required to have knowledge, skills and ethics professional discipline, carry their daily duties professionally. Based on data from the American Nurses Association (ANA) (2017) regarding implementation Nursing Committee (nursing committee) 88% increase professional...

Research ethics committees have an important role to play in ensuring the ethical standards and scientific merit of research involving human subjects. There are three important obligations placed on the ethics committee. Firstly, and most importantly, the ethics committee must ensure that the rights of research participants are protected. This is achieved by ensuring that individuals receive su...

INTRODUCTION It is important to know the reasons for resubmitting research projects to the Research Ethics Committee in order to help researchers to prepare their research projects, informed consent forms and needed research documentation. OBJECTIVES To verify the reasons for resubmitting projects that were previously rejected by the Ethics Committee. METHOD This is a cross-sectional study ...