Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2021;11(1):47-53. doi: 10.1353/nib.2021.0020.
The researchers' stories collected here demonstrate how many ethical and practical challenges routinely associated with conducting human research were amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges include designing studies to minimize risks and maximize potential benefits, working with institutional review boards (IRBs), recruiting and enrolling participants, obtaining valid informed consent, promoting data integrity, managing budget constraints, and finding time to fulfill research obligations along with other duties. By offering insights about not only the barriers and challenges researchers encountered but also the creative solutions they and their colleagues found to conduct research, this behind-the-scenes peek at researchers' experiences helps us to identify barriers and potential lasting improvements for human subjects research even in the best of times.
这里收集的研究人员的故事表明，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，许多与进行人类研究相关的伦理和实际挑战被放大了。这些挑战包括设计研究以最小化风险并最大化潜在益处，与机构审查委员会（IRB）合作，招募和纳入参与者，获得有效知情同意，促进数据完整性，管理预算限制，以及在履行其他职责的同时找到时间履行研究义务。通过提供有关研究人员不仅遇到的障碍和挑战，而且他们和他们的同事为进行研究而找到的创造性解决方案的见解，这种对研究人员经验的幕后观察有助于我们确定即使在最佳时期，人类受试者研究的障碍和潜在的持久改进。
