Reeducation of medical research ethics based on medical staff's cognition and practice of medical research ethics / 中华医学科研管理杂志

Objective:To investigate and analyze the cognition of medical staff on medical research ethics in a grade A tertiary hospital, combined with the current situation of practice, to provide a basis and ideas for exploring new educational models of medical research ethics.Methods:Medical staff in a grade A tertiary hospital were investigated through an anonymous questionnaire to collect and analyze their cognition of medical research ethics and the current situation of practice.Results:There were statistically significant differences ( P<0.05) in the cognition of medical research ethics among different educational backgrounds, majors, and professional titles. The survey results showed that doctors, medical staff with graduate degrees or above, and senior title personnel had better cognition of medical research ethics than nurses, medical staff with bachelor degrees or below, and intermediate or junior title personnel. Conclusions:The medical staff's cognition and practice of medical research ethics are still insufficient. Hospitals should pay attention to the education of medical research ethics and enrich the content and form of training to improve the ethical literacy of medical personnel.

Volunteers for clinical trials: from the history of abuses and exploitation to the inclusion movement, and to an income resource / Voluntários para ensaios clínicos: de uma de história de abusos e exploração até o movimento de inclusão e fonte de renda / Voluntarios para ensayos clínicos: de una historia de abusos y explotación hasta el movimiento de inclusión y fuente de renta

Medical research is essential to develop new and better therapies, increase social standards and a better life for all of us. Scientific curiosity has helped to achieve many successful innovations, but history also demonstrates that research can lead to abuses of individuals neglecting autonomy and integrity of the human being. Since the 1960ies we have witnessed a continuous development of international regulations and ethics guidelines (soft law) in medical research, leading to a higher quality of scientific results. An important focus lies on recognizing human vulnerability and a therefore adapted informed consent procedure. Our modern clinical trials structure requires the inclusion of healthy volunteers in the first phases of the development of a new medicinal product, leading to new ethical questions and challenges. The Corona-Pandemic has accelerated vaccine development in a successful way also leading to a new importance of healthy volunteers in the medical research landscape.

A pesquisa médica é essencial para desenvolver novas e melhores terapias, aumentar os padrões sociais e uma vida melhor para todos nós. A curiosidade científica ajudou a alcançar muitas inovações bem-sucedidas, mas a história também demonstra que a pesquisa pode conduzira abusos de indivíduos, negligenciando a autonomia e a integridade do ser humano. Desde a década de 1960, temos testemunhado um desenvolvimento contínuo de regulamentos internacionais e de diretrizes éticas (soft law) em pesquisa médica, levando a resultados científicos de maior qualidade. Um foco importante está no reconhecimento da vulnerabilidade humana e, consequentemente, num procedimento de consentimento informado adaptado. A nossa estrutura moderna de ensaios clínicos requer a inclusão de voluntários saudáveis nas primeiras fases do desenvolvimento de um novo medicamento, suscitando novas questões e desafios éticos. A pandemia de coronavírus acelerou o desenvolvimento de vacinas de uma forma bem-sucedida, contribuindo também para uma maior importância de voluntários saudáveis no cenário da pesquisa médica.

La investigación médica es esencial para desarrollarterapias nuevas y mejores, aumentar los estándares sociales y una vida mejor para todos nosotros. La curiosidad científica ha ayudado a lograr muchas innovaciones exitosas, pero la historia también demuestra que la investigación puede conducir a abusos deindividuos que descuidan la autonomía y la integridad del ser humano.Desde la década de 1960 hemos sido testigos de un desarrollo continuo de las regulaciones internacionales y de las directriceséticas(soft law) en la investigación médica, lo que ha llevado a una mayor calidad de los resultados científicos. Un enfoque importante radica en el reconocimiento de la vulnerabilidad humana y, por lo tanto, en un procedimiento de consentimiento informado adaptado.Nuestra moderna estructura de ensayos clínicos requiere la inclusión de voluntarios sanos en las primeras fases del desarrollo de un nuevo medicamento, lo que genera nuevas cuestiones y desafíos éticos. La pandemia de coronavirus ha acelerado el desarrollo de vacunas de una manera exitosa, lo que también ha dado lugar a una nueva importancia de los voluntarios sanos en el panorama de la investigación médica.