MERETI Middle East Research Ethics Training Initiative

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MERETIMiddle East Research Ethics Training
Initiative
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Objectives

• Strengthen institutional training capacity in
  research ethics
• Enhance ethical review capacity of health
  research

Sustainability of capacity
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MERETI

• Sponsor
• Fogarty International Center, National Institutes
  of Health, U.S.A
• Training Institution
• University of Maryland, Baltimore, U.S.A
• Personnel
• Program Director Henry Silverman, MD, MA
• Teaching faculty at University of Maryland

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Audience

• Physicians
• Nurses
• Dentists
• Investigators
• Members of research ethics committees
• Social scientists
• Philosophers
• Others with interests in research or ethics.

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Educational Programs

• Individuals
• 8-month Certificate Program
• Master of Science Degree
• Targeted Groups
• Workshops
• Conferences

• Members of IRBs
• Investigators

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Philosophy of training to achieve sustainability

• Individual
• Provide a long-term training experience
• Develop a group of individuals with special
  expertise in research ethics
• Curriculum development in universities
• Researches
• Chairs of IRBs
• Strength of gt six-months training experiences as
  opposed to 2-3 day training workshops

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Certificate Program

• Description
• 8-month program
• 2-months academic courses at the University of
  Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• 6-months research ethics project in candidates
  home country

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Certificate Program

• Requirements
• Recognized advanced degree (MD, Masters, PhD) in
  one of the healthcare sciences, law, philosophy,
  etc.
• Two letters of references
• High institutional officials to ensure support of
  candidate after training
• Funding
• Living expenses for two months in Baltimore,
  Maryland, round-trip economy airfare, and
  registration fees.

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Examples of Projects

• Research Projects
• Survey studies
• Analysis of existing guidelines/laws
• Curriculum Development
• Undergraduate
• Post-graduate
• Web-based Training
• Development of training modules
• www.cititraining.org
• Development of institutional IRBs

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Masters Program

• Description
• Two-year program leading to the granting of a
  Masters of Science degree with a focus on
  research ethics
• First Year
• 12 months of academic courses at the University
  of Maryland Baltimore campus
• Second Year
• research project in candidates home country

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Masters Program

• Requirements
• Advanced degree (MD, Master, PhD)
• Two letters of reference
• Letter of support from institutional official
  guaranteeing a position in ethics after training
• Satisfy admission requirements of graduate
  program at University of Maryland
• Funding
• Living expenses in the US, round-trip airfare,
  tuition costs

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MERETI 2005 Candidates
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MERETI 2006 Candidates
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Research Ethics Workshops

• Targeted Audience
• Members of research ethics committees
• Investigators
• Description
• 1- 2 day workshops
• Egypt, Sudan, and Jordan
• Theoretical and practical experiences
• Review protocols/informed consent forms

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Suez Canal University Workshop
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National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine
Research Institute
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Ethics Workshop in Jordan
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Ethics Workshop in Jordan
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Ethics Workshop in Jordan
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Impact of Jordan Workshop

• Enhanced awareness of Clinical Trial Law
• Investigators
• Public
• Revitalization of National Ethics Committee
• Re-construct IRB in Jordanian Medical Army
  Services
• Analysis of protocol review procedures at
  Jordanian FDA

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Developments

• Collaborations with CBEC
• Joint Masters Degree Programs with Universities
  in Eastern Mediterranean Region
• Public Health
• Community Medicine
• Forensic Medicine
• Network of IRBs

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MERETI

• For More Information
• Visit Website
• www.hretie.com

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Thank you
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