Bioethics

Question 1

Can you explain the principal of equipoise ?

Question 2

Do you understand the various designs of trials – double blinded, placebo and randomized and the pros and cons of these approaches ?

Question 3

Are you confident that you could draw a clear distinction between Medical Care and Medical Research in terms of differences in 3 key areas [i] the overall purpose, [ii] the methods involved, and [iii] the justification of risks involved?

Question 4

Can you identify some of the main legislation relevant to (medical) research and explain what are the key associated ethical issues each piece of legislation helps protect?

Question 5

Could you review a simple biomedical ethical dilemma and justify a decision/resolution of the dilemma based on the ethical theories of [i] utilitarianism [ii] deontology [iii] principalism

Question 6

Can you identify the 4 core ethical principles of biomedical ethics and provide examples of what each principle promotes/ how each principle is applied in the context of (medical) research?

Question 7

What is the best practice associated with recruitment of participants to (medical) research and how can this be achieved?

Question 8

Can you summarise what is involved in both [i] Scientific review and [ii] Research Ethics Committee (REC) review of any clinical trial research proposal?