Role of E-Learning in Teaching Health Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practice in Africa and Beyond

Despite the recent increase in health research involving humans on the African continent, the level of knowledge in health research ethics and good clinical practice is arguably still very poor in Africa. A package of e-learning courses was developed and made freely available to interested candidate...

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Published in:Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics 2013-01, Vol.22 (1), p.110-119
Main Authors: CHILENGI, R., NYIKA, A., TANGWA, G. B., NOOR, R. A., RAMADHANI, S. W., BOSOMPRAH, S., KILAMA, W. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Bioethics Education
Candidates
Clinical Trials as Topic
Computer-Assisted Instruction - statistics & numerical data
Computer-Assisted Instruction - trends
Curriculum - standards
Curriculum - trends
Distance learning
Educational policy
Ethics
Ethics, Research - education
Health
Health Services Research - standards
Humans
Internet
Language
Learning
Malaria
Medical research
Online instruction
Research ethics
Statistics
Teaching
Teaching - methods
Teaching - trends
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Summary:Despite the recent increase in health research involving humans on the African continent, the level of knowledge in health research ethics and good clinical practice is arguably still very poor in Africa. A package of e-learning courses was developed and made freely available to interested candidates. This article presents trends and descriptive statistics of collected data and discusses future prospects. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0963-1801
1469-2147
DOI:10.1017/S0963180112000436