108140University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
56866University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2022 Feb-Apr;17(1-2):84-93. doi: 10.1177/15562646211056762. Epub 2021 Nov 22.
Most capacity development efforts for research ethics committees focus on committee members and little on ethics administrators. Increasing studies mandate the focus on administrators' capacity development needs to enable adequate and effective committee support. This study investigated current responsibilities, training requirements, and administrator role needs. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among administrators from 62 National Health Research Ethics Council-registered research ethics committees in South Africa. In total, 36 administrators completed the questionnaire. Results show that, in addition to administration, they perform managerial, review process and guidance-advisory tasks. Nearly 49% indicated only having received informal research ethics-related training, not targeted formal training, with 81% of the informal training being through workshops. Research ethics administrators' responsibilities have evolved to complex tasks requiring targeted capacity development efforts.
大多数研究伦理委员会的能力建设工作都集中在委员会成员身上，而很少关注伦理管理人员。越来越多的研究要求关注管理人员的能力建设需求，以提供充分和有效的委员会支持。本研究调查了当前的职责、培训要求和管理人员角色需求。在南非，对来自 62 个国家卫生研究伦理委员会注册的研究伦理委员会的管理人员进行了在线横断面调查。共有 36 名管理人员完成了问卷调查。结果表明，除了管理工作外，他们还承担管理、审查过程和指导咨询任务。近 49%的人表示只接受过非正规的与研究伦理相关的培训，而不是有针对性的正规培训，其中 81%的非正规培训是通过研讨会进行的。研究伦理管理人员的职责已经发展到需要有针对性的能力建设工作的复杂任务。
