Meraji Marziyhe, Sadoughi Farahnaz, Ramezan Ghorbani Nahid, Nezami Azar
Department of Medical Records and Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Mashhad, IR Iran.
Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2014 Apr;16(4):e12332. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.12332. Epub 2014 Apr 5.
During the last three decades, ethics committees have been formed with a growing trend. These committees have a satisfactory and effective impact on the pattern of patient care and its performance. The medical ethics committee is considered one of the most active committees in hospitals, having the aim of providing necessary approaches for the optimal use of the findings in empirical science and diagnostic treatment and observance of Islamic noble values in performing medical affairs.
The aim of this study is to assess the performance of the ethics committees, in the teaching hospitals affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, in Mashhad.
Subjects of this study include teaching hospitals in Mashhad, affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and the tool used in gathering the data was a questionnaire, completed based on the information provided by the proceedings of the meetings held by the ethics committees. Also, for the purpose of gathering the suggestions, specifically on the improvement of the performance, a meeting was held with the representatives from hospitals' ethics committees. During the meeting, work reports were presented and recommendations made, based on those presentations. .
Findings of the present study suggest that all hospitals under study, have an ethics committee, of which 85.7% operate in combination with other committees. The composition of the members of the committees, in 57.1% of the hospitals, was based on the guidelines for hospital evaluation.
For the performance of the medical ethics committees to improve, it is recommended that the hospital administration and evaluation section, hold regular meetings and oblige members to participate more actively.
在过去三十年中，伦理委员会的组建呈增长趋势。这些委员会对患者护理模式及其实施产生了令人满意且有效的影响。医学伦理委员会被认为是医院中最活跃的委员会之一，其目的是为实证科学和诊断治疗中的研究结果的最佳利用提供必要方法，并在医疗事务中遵循伊斯兰高尚价值观。
本研究旨在评估马什哈德医科大学附属教学医院伦理委员会在马什哈德的表现。
本研究的对象包括马什哈德医科大学附属的教学医院，收集数据所用的工具是一份问卷，该问卷根据伦理委员会会议记录提供的信息填写。此外，为了收集建议，特别是关于提高表现的建议，与医院伦理委员会的代表举行了一次会议。会议期间，提交了工作报告，并根据这些报告提出了建议。
本研究结果表明，所有研究中的医院都有一个伦理委员会，其中85.7%与其他委员会联合运作。在57.1%的医院中，委员会成员的组成是基于医院评估指南。
为提高医学伦理委员会的表现，建议医院管理部门和评估部门定期召开会议，并要求成员更积极地参与。
