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The Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) in partnership with the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) cordially invite you to attend a skills training workshop on

Fundamentals of Research Ethics

When: Programme: Where: 4-5 August 2011 Please see the detailed programme below. FNB Auditorium, Building 6, Pretoria-West Campus of the Tshwane University of Technology. R800-00 per day for members and R1000-00 per day for non-members Vat inclusive (travel and accommodation cost excluded). Please complete the registration form and send it to Lorraine Smith at lorraine@sarima.co.za no later than 25 July 2011. An invoice will be sent to you as soon as your registration form has been received. Dr Karin Dyason, karin@sarima.co.za or 082 820 3500

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Workshop description: This interactive workshop will provide an introduction on the role of research ethics in higher education as well as to moral theories guiding research ethics. In one of the parallel sessions aimed at members of research ethics committees topics such as participant autonomy and informed consent, vulnerable populations and research involving special ethics attention and ethics principles in qualitative research will be discussed. In another parallel session the focus will be on ethics committee administrators and the discussion will deal with pre- and post-meeting documentation, record keeping and communication with stakeholders. Both sessions will conclude with a practical hands-on exercise. Participants can expect to leave with a sound understanding of the fundamentals of research ethics that will assist them to effectively function as a member or administrator of a research ethics committee. Target audience: Members and administrators of research ethics committees who are new in their roles or members and administrators who identified the need for basic training to enable them to perform their duties better.

Workshop presenters: Dr Braam Hoffmann is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Technology and the Chairperson of the Research Ethics Committee at the Tshwane University of Technology. He holds a DEd and a Diploma in International Research Ethics (UCT). Prof Johan Hattingh is Professor of Philosophy, and Vice Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Stellenbosch. In the last twenty years he specialized in Applied Ethics, Ideology Critique, Development Ethics, and particularly in Environmental Ethics. He is the Chairperson of the US Research Ethics Committee (Human research: Humanities), Chairperson of the Research Ethics Committee of the CSIR and a member of the Ethics Committee for Research on Animals (ECRA) of the Medical Research. Since 2004 is also a member of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) of UNESCO where he serves on the Executive Board as Rapporteur. He also has extensive experience in the teaching of Business and Professional Ethics to students in Accounting, Business Management, and Engineering. Dr Lyn Horn is the Manger: Research Ethics and Administration in the Division for Research Development and Support, Faculty of Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University. As of July 2011 Dr Horn will be appointed as a research ethics consultant in the Division for Research Development at Stellenbosch University on a part time basis, while undertaking various other projects. She has a Diploma in International Research Ethics from UCT and a PhD in Ethics. She has been involved with both animal and human research ethics committees for the last 10 years. Prior to that, she was the Chairperson of the AngloGold Health Research Ethics Committee. She was appointed to the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) by the Minister of Health in 2010 for a three year term. Dr Lizette Schoeman is in the Department of Medical Oncology at the University of Pretoria and has a PhD in Psychology. She also has a Diploma in International Ethics from UCT. She is a member of the Research Ethics Committee in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Centre for Ethics in Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria. Prof Anne Pope is Associate Professor in Private Law and Interim Director, Office of Research Integrity at UCT. She has a LLB and a Diploma in International Research Ethics both from UCT. She is a member of the Research Ethics Committee at the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences and the Human Sciences Research Council. Dr Salome Human-Vogel is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria. She has a PhD in Educational Psychology. Prof Allan Munro holds a PhD in Theatre from the Ohio State University, USA. He has taught in English and Theatre Departments in a number of institutions both here and abroad. He has served on the TUT Research Ethics Committee since its inception and is currently the deputy chairperson. Accommodation and transport Delegates are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements. accommodation options close to the venue: Bentleys Country Lodge, http://www.bentleyslodge.co.za Goodeys Guest House, http://www.goodeysguesthouse.co.za/ Rietondale Lodge, http://www.rietondalelodge.co.za/acc/acc.htm Dj vu, http://www.sa-venues.com/visit/dejavupretoria/ Das Gasthaus, http://www.dasguesthouse.co.za Jakaranda Lodge, http://www.jaklodge.co.za/ The following shuttle services can be contacted for transfer to and from the airport: Bes Bester, 0824920823 or best.shuttle@yahoo.com EZ Shuttle, 0861397488 or info@ezshuttle.co.za The following are

Programme: DAY 1 (4 August 2011)

9:00-10:00 10:00-10:15 10:15-10:50 Registration Welcome and workshop overview SARIMA The position of research ethics in the higher education context This session will provide an introduction to basic research ethics concepts, especially to assist workshop participants who are new/unfamiliar with ethics jargon to get a feel for the field of research ethics. Many of the concepts will be covered in more depth in later sessions. Topics to be addressed: x The role/justification of research ethics in research x The basic role of institutional research policies, standard operating procedures, national / international ethics guidelines x Why is informed consent so central in research ethics? x What is a vulnerable population and why do we afford special attention to them in the Ethics committee? Dr Braam Hoffmann Introduction to moral theories guiding research ethics principles x The meaning of the concepts ethics and moral reasoning x The underlying principles of a Kantian ethics of respect for persons that inform ethical reasoning x The underlying principles of Utilitarianism that inform ethical reasoning x The underlying principles of Virtue Ethics that inform ethical reasoning x The underlying principles of Postmodern Ethics and Feminist Ethics that inform ethical reasoning x The underlying principles of Human Rights that inform ethical reasoning Prof Johan Hattingh Lunch

10:50-12:15

12:15-13:15 13:15-15:15

SESSION A (COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATORS) SESSION B (COMMITTEE MEMBERS) 13:15-15:15 Research Ethics Office (REO) PreParticipant autonomy and informed meeting documents consent the ethical tensions x Submission of documents from x The foundation and reasons for researchers, research officers informed consent and the REO (required x The importance of autonomy documents, best practices, x The requirements for informed barriers and frustrations) consent x Documents from REO to x Engaging with the risk/harm-benefit researchers, research officers ratio (reminders, incomplete x The role of incentives and documents, invitations, best compensation in the recruitment of practices, barriers and research participants frustrations) x The application of informed consent x Documents from REO to Ethics to vulnerable populations Committee members x Traditional African perspective of a (reminders, agendas, secundi) person Dr Lyn Horn Dr Lizette Schoeman 15:15-15:45 Tea break 15:45-16:45 Record keeping of documents 15:45-16:45 Vulnerable populations and research involving special ethics attention x Need for an archive x Research involving minors (children x Requirements for an archive and adolescents) x Establishing and maintaining an x Research involving persons with archive (best practices, barriers intellectual or mental impairment and frustrations) Dr Lyn Horn x Research involving disabled persons Prof Anne Pope 17:15 Networking cocktail function 3

DAY 2 (5 August 2011) 9:00-11:00 9:00-11:00 Research Ethics Office (REO) Postmeeting documents x Project approval letters to researchers, supervisors and research officers (letter contents, best practices, time frames, barriers and frustrations) x Compiling the minutes of the meeting (recording of meeting discussions, chairperson inputs, time frames, best practices, barriers and frustrations) x Executing tasks requested by meeting (letters to members of the institutional research community, follow-up resubmissions by researchers, managing committee schedules and activities) Dr Lyn Horn

Vulnerable populations and research involving special ethics attention (continue) x Research involving persons in dependent relationships (elderly, primary care patients, terminally ill patients, health care professionals, persons with life-threatening illnesses, unconscious patients, students, prisoners, members of uniformed services, employees and employers) x Research involving collectives (distinguishable communities) x Epidemiological research (public health research, public domain data, demographic information as research variables) x Research involving deception, concealment or covert data collection x Research involving the use of human tissues Prof Anne Pope Ethics principles in qualitative research x Field work: Observation research, anonymity, confidentiality, cultural sensitivity, therapeutic imperative, emergent ethics, power relationships, stigmatization x Covert data collection: Disclosure of research theme, public space, active deception, passive deception x Interviews: Psychological harm, dignity, respect, incriminatory information x Questionnaires & Surveys: Demographic variables, anonymity Dr Salome Human Vogel Consent documents (Hands-on Session) x Case study Practical evaluation Dr Lizette Schoeman and Prof Allan Munro Summary and conclusion

11:00-11:30 11:30-13:00

Tea break Communication with researchers and 11:30-13:00 supervisors x Handling enquiries regarding required documents for ethics submissions (institutional researchers, non-institutional researchers, document templates, ethics education) Dr Lyn Horn

13:00-14:00 14:00-16:00

16:00-16:30

Lunch 14:00-16:00 Consent documents (Hands-on Session) x Basic requirements x Case study Practical evaluation Dr Braam Hoffmann 16:00-16:30 Summary and conclusion