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Indian Council of Medical Research
Indian Council of Medical Research
Established 1911 Autonomous body within Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government
- f India
Education, awareness raising about Codes of Conduct Dr Lalit Kant - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Education, awareness raising about Codes of Conduct Dr Lalit Kant - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Education, awareness raising about Codes of Conduct Dr Lalit Kant Sr Deputy Director General Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi, India Geneva, 18-22 August 2008 Indian Council of Medical Research Indian Council of Medical Research
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Ethical Guidelines
Policy statement on ethical considerations involved in research on human subjects: February 1980 Updated and published as Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Subjects, 2000 and 2006 Awaiting enactment
The Bill The Bill THE BI OMEDI CAL THE BI OMEDI CAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ON HUMAN SUBJECTS SUBJECTS (REGULATI ON, (REGULATI ON, CONTROL AND CONTROL AND SAFEGUARDS) BI LL, SAFEGUARDS) BI LL, 2008 2008
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Development of Code of Conduct
Taken lead role in formulating draft codes
- f conduct for scientists engaged in
research in field of life sciences Partners: representatives of major science agencies (i.e. bio-medical, biotechnology, science and technology, agriculture etc.); academia, industry and defence research
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Cardinal Principles: Codes of Conduct
Non- malfeasance Beneficence Institutional arrangement Risk minimization Ethical review Transmission
- f ethical
values Voluntariness Compliance Totality of responsibility
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Development of Code of Conduct
Mid-2006: the generic code of conduct discussed Culminated in a consensus on
need for the codes of conduct approach to be adopted in their formulation and promulgation at various levels
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3 tier approach to Codes of Conduct
Over-arching codes Detailed codes Operational codes
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Partners
Government Agencies
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Department of Science & Technology Department of Biotechnology Indian Council of Agricultural Research Defence Research & Development Establishment Armed Forces Medical Services
Academic Institutions
University Grants Commission Association of Indian Universities National Institute of Communicable Diseases
Industry
Confederation of Indian Industries
Professional bodies
Medical Council of India
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Bio-ethics in Medical Curriculum
Medical Council of India issued a notification directing all medical colleges registered with it to include ethics in undergraduate medical curriculum (1997) Some medical colleges have regular courses in ethics for undergraduate students.
Christian Medical College, Vellore and St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
Two Health Sciences Universities (in the States of Karnataka and Maharashtra) to introduce in all medical colleges ICMR has developed full curriculum for biomedical and social sciences ethics teaching
undergraduate postgraduate studies short and long-term courses
These courses introduce the codes of conduct developed in context
- f BTWC
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Training Workshops by ICMR
Workshops organized for
Members of
Ethics Committees Institutional Review Committees Faculty
Industry partners (Pharma, Biotech) Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical students Scientists Researchers Trainers
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Workshops by ICMR
Year
- No. of
workshops
- No. of
Trainees 2006 22 500 2007 13 530 2008 02 60
11 Workshops for scientists working in the laboratories of the ICMR, on bio- safety and security, Codes of Conduct part of the training
Bio-ethics Biosafety & Biosecurity
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14-15 September 2006
Educating Scientists & Technologists
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Awareness generation
The 56th Armed Forces Medical Conference, Pune, 5 Feb 2008. Presented paper on CoC in relation to BTWC International Conference “The advancement
- f science and the dilemma of dual use: Why we
can’t afford to fail”, 9-10 November, 2007, Warsaw, Poland.
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Publishers of Articles on Dual use Technology
Review panels, referees, journal editors and publishers are also being educated in nuances of the codes so that they are able to take a formal decision if the results
- f a paper submitted for publication have
a possible dual use.
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Expected Outcome
Creating a culture of responsibility and accountability Educating current and future scientific community Raising scientists’ awareness of their professional, ethical and social responsibility Fostering an institutional culture of ethos and responsibility
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Conclusion
Codes of conduct have to strike a delicate balance and look at both sides of scientific research Like Janus, encourage research & development
- n one hand and at the
same time keep an eye
- n its misuse
The Codes would weave a safety net to promote best practices in the conduct of research
Janus - the two headed Roman God, each face looking in opposite direction and symbolizing the middle ground.
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