The CIOMS report on “Good governance practice in research institutions (2023) “ is now available. In recent years, the scientific community has born heavy responsibilities to face some unprecedented challenges. Since the 1960s, numerous ethical, professional, and industrial guiding documents were adopted to facilitate and contain the increasingly complex research activities conducted with human participants globally. Many of these guidelines focus on individual researchers’ responsibilities to protect research participants while conducting good quality scientific studies.

In practice, however, it is rarely assessed to what extent researchers are given the necessary resources for this purpose at their institutions. This report reviews the existing international standards and best practices in the field of health-related research and offers research institutions detailed and specific guidance on how to implement them. The aim of the report is to help research institutions better fulfil their responsibilities in terms of protecting human research participants and their communities, involving and engaging them in the research processes, and guaranteeing the pertinence and quality of research while making the best use of available resources. 1

Download the full report for free here.

References

  1. International guidelines on good governance practice for research institutions • COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. (2023, December 21). COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. https://cioms.ch/publications/product/international-guidelines-on-good-governance-practice-for-research-institutions/#description

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