Ghooi Ravindra Bhaskar
Scientia Clinical Services, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Perspect Clin Res. 2020 Jul-Sep;11(3):121-123. doi: 10.4103/picr.PICR_97_20. Epub 2020 Jul 6.
Ethics committee meetings are held periodically, with all members being physically present in the meeting room. During the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lockdown, a number of committees have resorted to the use of videoconferencing. Online meetings have significant advantages over physical or face-to-face meetings, though the guidelines and regulations imply that online meetings should not be the norm. Considering the advantages of online meetings in terms of saving time and costs, can the regulations and guidelines be tweaked to allow them even after the lockdown is over?
伦理委员会会议定期举行，所有成员都要亲自到会议室出席。在新冠疫情封锁期间，一些委员会采用了视频会议的方式。在线会议相对于实体会议或面对面会议有显著优势，不过相关指导方针和规定表明在线会议不应成为常态。考虑到在线会议在节省时间和成本方面的优势，在封锁结束后，相关规定和指导方针能否做出调整，允许继续采用在线会议的形式？
