MSc Research Ethics hybrid program

The Master’s curriculum is comprehensive, incorporating knowledge of ethical principles, processes, and policies related to local, national and international settings. The curriculum enhances the practical skills in research methods, ethics education, ethical review, transformational leadership, consultation and encourages and maintains the involvement in teaching, of national and international experts in bioethics and research ethics through didactic and practicum. The curriculum is tailored to suit Indian context. The program facilitates transfer of skills in research ethics using mentorship model and through ethics-related teaching, research and practicum. Topics include Moral reasoning and ethical theories, Bioethical principles in biomedical research involving human subjects, International and national laws, regulations and guidelines, Research methodology, Responsible conduct in research, Ethics of Indian Systems of Medicine, Gender ethics, Vulnerability, Ethics of genetics and reproductive healthcare

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Course Overview

Schedule of Classes

Course Curriculum

2 Subjects

MSc Research Ethics

9 Exercises • 312 Learning Materials

Exam Module

Lawton et al BMJ 2005.pdf

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Zaman S SSM 2004.pdf

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Ramanathan et al RHM 1996.pdf

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Continuous Assessment (Research Methodology)

Exercise

Module 1: Historical Aspects of Bioethics

Concept of Bioethics

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Bioethics, Science of Survival

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The Rise of Bioethics A historical Overview

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Human Rights from Nuremberg Trial

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Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Racism and Research

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Ethics and Clinical Research: Henry Beecher

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Medical Ethics and Professional Ethics

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Module 2: Historical Aspects of Research Ethics

Module 3: Principles of Biomedical Ethics

Introduction

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Autonomy

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Beneficence

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Justice

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Non-maleficence

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Rawls Theory of Justice

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Can one do good medical ethics without principles?

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Applying ethical principles in healthcare Wheat

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Medical ethics: four principles plus attention to scop

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Beneficence and the professional moral imperative

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Justice in Medicine and Public Health

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Non-maleficence – a disremembered moral obligation

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The value of autonomy in medical ethics

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Module 4: Moral Reasoning and Ethical Theories

Lecture- General Introduction

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Literature-Ethics

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Case study- The beating

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Lecture- ethical case deliberations

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Literature- Moral Reasoning

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Case study- Willow brook Hepatitis experiment

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Case study- Ethical case deliberation on the ward

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Case study-Nijmegan Method

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Lecture- Virtue Ethics

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Literature-Virtue Ethics

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Case study- The parable of the Sadhu

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Lecture- Deontology

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Literature- Deontological Ethics

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Case study- Baby Manji

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Case study- Venkatesh

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Case study- Satyappa

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Case study- Reanima

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Lecture-Consequentialism

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Literature- Consequentialism

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Case study- The Ford Pinto case

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Lecture- Descriptive Ethical theories

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Case study- News cooperation phone hacking scandal

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Lecture- Business Ethics

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Literature- Business ethics

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Case study- Canada's oil sands

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Lecture- Clinical Ethics

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Literature-Clinical ethics

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Case study- Maria

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Lecture- Technology Ethics

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Literature-Technology ethics

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Case study-Moral enhancement

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Module : Practicing Ethics in Research & Innovations

General reading for the module-Responsible innovation: From MOOC to book.

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Lecture-Practicing Ethics in Research and Innovation

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Literature-Methods for practicing ethics research and innovations

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Case study-Animal disenhancement and human enhancement

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Lecture-Technology assessment a health technology assessment

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Literature-What is technology assessment

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Literature-Why not integrate ethics in HTA

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Case Study - Choosing core health services

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Lecture-Choosing core health services

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Lecture-Anticipatory technology ethics

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Literature-Anticipatory Ethics For Emerging Technology

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Literature- Anticipating ethical issues

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Case Study - Cultured Meat

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Lecture-Value Sensitive Design

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Literature-VSD and Information Systems

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Literature-Value Sensitive Design Methods

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Literature-A Survey of Value Sensitive Design Methods

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Literature-Value sensitive design

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Case Study - Robo-Wars

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Lecture-The ethical matrix

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Literature- A Framework For The Ethical Analysis Ethical matrix

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Literature-Mepham - Ethical Matrix Manual

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Case Study - GM Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Literature-Ethical canvas manual

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Literature-The ethics canvas

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Ethical Canvas Website

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Case Study - Taking a Product to Market

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Case study-A new dialysis machine

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Literature-Ethical issues in Nanomedicine

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Case study - Nanomedicine in India

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Literature-Nudging

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Literature-Mindspace

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Case study - Wearable Technology

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Literature-Ethical Aspects Of Brain Computer Interface

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Case Study - Deep Brain Stimulation Studies

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Case study-Better language models and their implications

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Introduction to Epidemiology

Lecture-Epidemiology Introduction

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Lecture-Epidemiology Measurements of mortality and morbidity

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Lecture-Descriptive Epidemiology

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Lecture Descriptive study, cross sectional study and case control study

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Literature- HTN Bankers

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Literature - CC LBW

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Lecture- Association and causation Uses of epidemiology

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Lecture- Infectious Disease Epidemiology

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Lecture-Investigation of an outbreak

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Lecture-Screening for diseases

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Bio banking and Research on Stored Samples

Lecture- Biobanks

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Eurobarometer / Your view on Biobanks

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Literature-Eurobarometer

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Literature-Public awareness on research biobanks

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Literature-Biobanks need publicity

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Literature-Public attitudes for participation in biobank for research

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Lecture - Research using biobanks: an overview of the ethical issues

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Literature-WMA declaration of Taipei

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Literature-Recommendation on research on biological materials of human origin

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Literature- Ethical, legal and societal challenges in biobank research

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Literature -Ethical legal and societal challenges in biobank research (Part 2)

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Lecture-Informed consent for a collaborative and participatory biobanking

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Literature-IC Matrix elaborated by BBMRI.it.

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Literature-Improving informed consent process for collaborative research

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Lecture- Informed Consent for COVID biobanking

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Literature- IC during COVID 19

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Literature- ICT

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Lecture -Accessing and sharing of biological materials

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Lecture -The role of the Ethics committees for research involving biobanking

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Literature- Policies of EC for management of research involving biobanks

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Lecture- The Public

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Ethical issues in Research Involving Mentally ill

Lecture- Mental Disorder an Overview and the Need for Research in Psychiatry

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Literature- Green Paper. Improving the mental health of the population (WHO)

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Lecture- The concept of capacity in psychiatry research

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Literature- Assessment of capacity (Palmer et al)

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Literature- Capacity to appoint proxy decision maker (Kim )

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Literature- MacCAT CR reduced

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Lecture- Ethical issues in enrolling patients with mental disorders in clinical trials

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Literature-IC Dimebon Alzheimer Disease

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Literature-Clinical Trial Dimebon Alzheimer Disease

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Literature- Study protocol assesment GRID

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Activity- Study protocol assesment GRID

Assignment

Literature- Recommendation Alzheimer Association

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Literature- Recommendation American Psychiatric Association

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Questionnaire Genetic research

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Lecture-Global research in genetics and psychiatry

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Literature-Psychiatric Genomics and Mental Health

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Literature- Genetics and Psychiatry

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Literature -Psychiatric genomics and mental health (Parker)

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Lecture- International Search for biomarkers of Alzheimer

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Literature- Neurobiology of Aging

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Literature- Alzheimer Europe ethics report 2019

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Lecture -Mental Health and Vulnerability, Rethinking the concept

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Literature-UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

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Lecture-Mental Health and Covid-19

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Literature -Mental health in COVID-19 in Italy

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Lecture-Research for international policy and action

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Literature-‘In our community, a friend is a psychologist Mental health Bhutanse refugee

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Literature- Community perspectives on substance use among Bhutanese and Iraqi refugees

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Module : Applied ethics in HIV research

Epidemiology - 2

Introduction to Epidemiology Dr. Madhavi

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Literature- James Lind

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Literature- Semmelweis

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Assignment 1

Assignment

Lecture- Measures of Occurrence_Incidence

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Lecture - cross sectional studies

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Literature- WHO steps

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Literature- IJME Publication Ethics 2019

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Literature- IJCM LSSS Oct 2018

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Lecture -Association and Causation

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Lecture- Case control study

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Literature- Case control studies in neurological sciences 2018

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Literature- Optional reading Finding CONTROLs

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Literature- Case Control main paper

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Literature -Case control study NEJM

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Assignment 2

Assignment

Lecture- Cohort study design

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Literature- mahmood history

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Literature Anderrson history

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Literature- dawber 1951

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Literature kannel 1961 riskfactor

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Literature -Framingham reading material

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Literature- Million Women Cohort Profile

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Assignment 3

Assignment

Changing Concepts in Public Health During COVID 19 times

Lecture -Introduction to Public Health

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Lecture Covid-19 & Health Care system

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Lecture PHSM adjustment in Covid 19

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Literature Covid and policy sciences

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Literature Covid international PH concern

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Literature Digital tools and ethics in covid

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Literature One Health and COVID 19

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Literature Ethics of lockdown in India

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Literature WHO 2019 nCoV Adjusting PH measures

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Literature WHO Covid 19 strategy Update

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Biostatistics

Lecture- Types of data & Frequency tables

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Lecture- Diagrammatic presentation of data

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Lecture Measures of central tendency and dispersion

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Lecture Data Management and Statistical Tests

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Lecture Application of qualitative research data management

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Literature SORT IT Article

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Literature Plastic use

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Literature Airbone infection control

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Public Health and Concept of Community Engagement

Lecture: Overview of Public Health

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Lecture: Advocacy, Legislation and Public Health

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Lecture: Community Engagement

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Lecture: Community engagement and participatory approaches

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Lecture: Community based participatory research

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Lecture: The Art of Interview and Focused group discussion

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Lecture: Infectious disease -Epidemiology

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Lecture: Investigation of an outbreak

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Lecture: National Health Policy 2017

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Lecture: Primary Health Care

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Lecture: Randomized Clinical Trials

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Lecture: Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

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Animal Ethics

Reading - CPCSEA guidelines for dog reuse and rehab

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Reading-IAEC constitution guidelines

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Reading-Amendment in Equine guidelines

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Reading-INSA Guidelines

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Reading-ICMR Guidelines Animal Use Med Colleges

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Reading-ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NOMINEES OF CPCSEA 1

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Reading-CPCSEA equines

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Reading-Compendium of CPCSEA

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Guideline: ICMR animal use in Medical Colleges

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Reading-Breeding Experimentation Rules 1998

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Reading- Breeding Experimentation Rules 2001

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Guideline: CPCSEA Experimentation on Fishes 2021

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Guideline: CPCSEA for Reuse, Rehabilitation of Large animals 2020

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Assignment 1: Case Study

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Assignment 2: Case Study

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Reading- Guidelines Animal Behavioral Research

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Reading-New Drugs CTs Rules 2019

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Link for reading

External Link

Ethics of Human Challenge Studies

Lecture: Ethics of First in Human Infection studies

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Reading: The unique status of first-in-human studies

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Reading: The Strange History of Vaccines

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Reading: What safeguards does India need before it can move to a faster way of developing drugs?

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Reading: Challenge studies of human volunteers

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Reading: A framework for Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM)

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Reading: First-in-Human Trial Participants: Not a Vulnerable Population, but Vulnerable Nonetheless

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Reading: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ZIKA VIRUS HUMAN CHALLENGE TRIALS

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Reading: what should be research participants understanding...

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Reading: Informed Consent for Controlled Human Infection Studies in Low-middle...

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Reading: Bystander risk, social value, and ethics of human research

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Reading: Ethical challenges posed by human infection challenge studies in endemic settings

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Reading: Infectious disease experiments

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Ethics of Indian System of Medicine

Literature: Ayurvedic research and methodology

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Literature: Bioethics and ayurveda

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Literature: Bridging Ayurveda with evidence-based scientific approaches in medicine

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Literature: Challenges and Future Directions of Herbal Medicine Research

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Literature: Ethics in the clinical practice of integral medicine

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Literature: Exploring issues in the development of Ayurvedic research methodology

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Literature: History of medical ethics in India

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Literature: THE MEDICAL ETHICS OF PROFESSIONALISED ÀYURVEDA

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Literature: Status of regulation on traditional medicine

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Ethical issues in AYUSH

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History of AYUSH

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Principles and Practice of AYUSH

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Research Methodology in AYUSH

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Translational Research

Lecture: Ethical issues in Translational Research

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Ethics of Vaccine trials

Lecture: Vaccine Development during a pandemic

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Reading: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ZIKA VIRUS HUMAN CHALLENGE TRIALS

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Literature: The quality of informed consent: mapping the landscape

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Literature: Improving understanding in the research informed consent process

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Compensation and Post trial access and benefits

Literature-Strengthening post trial benefit through publication

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Literature- PTA Corporate Best Practices

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Literature-Brazil Post trial access medication

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Literature- Post Trial Access

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Literature-The Challenge of Assuring Continued PostTrial Access to Beneficial Treatment

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Literature-PTR definitions

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MRCT PTA Scenarios

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Literature-Post Trial Responsibilities Beyond Access

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Literature-Who Should Pay For The Continuity Of Care

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Literature- Implementing PTA plans

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Literature-Post Trial Access Human Dignity

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Literature-CDSCO guidelines for compensation 2013

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Literature- DCGI compensation guidelines draft 2014

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Literature-PTA in clinical trials

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Literature-PTA

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Literature-Compensation

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Literature-Paliwal DTE CTs illogical compensation formula

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Literature-Pandya Compensation

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Literature- Compensation Gap Analysis

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Literature-formula2013SAE

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Literature-CLINICAL TRIALS LIABILITY

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Gender, health and human rights

Research Methodology

Lecture- Introduction to life cycle of research and research objectives

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Lecture- Descriptive study cross sectional study and case control study

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Lecture- Cohort study RCT

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Lecture- Literature review and Literature search using PubMed

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Lecture- Sample size estimation a Sampling methods

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Lecture Study tools a method of data collection

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Lecture Data Management a Statistical tests

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Lecture Synopsis Dissertation writing

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Lecture Reference Management using Mendeley

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Lecture- Qualitative research overview

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Lecture Research ethics a publication ethics

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Literature-SORT IT Article

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Literature-Vancouver condensed guide 2015

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Lecture Reference Management Mendeley

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Lecture- Literature Search PubMed 2

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Instruction for writing participant information sheet

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Checklist and sample for informed consent for PG PI

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Indian Drug Regulations and GCP Guideline

Lecture -Overview of clinical research and clinical trials

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Lecture- Protocol Plan

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Lecture- GCP

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Lecture -Indian Drug Regulations

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Lecture- Ethics Committee role and responsibilities

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Literature-Indian Good Clinical Practices

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Literature E6(R2) Good Clinical Practice

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Literature-Drug Rules 2019

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Lecture -Informed Consent Document

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Lecture Informed Consent Process

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Lecture Investigator Responsibilities

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Lecture Sponsor Responsibilities

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Lecture- Investigators brochure

application/CDFV2

Lecture Clinical Trial Agreement

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Lecture Study Monitoring

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Lecture - QA Inspection

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Lecture Safety Reporting

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Literature-DoH 2013

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Literature-ICMR Ethical Guidelines 2017

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Excercise

Assignment

Lecture Clinical Trial Ethics

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Lecture Drug Development Pre-requisite

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Lecture Phase 2 and 3 CT

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Lecture -Phase 1 CT

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Lecture Phase 4 CT

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Lecture Study Design

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Lecture Vaccine Studies

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Lecture Cancer studies

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Literature-Disclosure DIA Arun Bhatt

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Vulnerability

Implementation Research and health policy system research

Ethics of genetic technology

Ethics of Reproductive Health and Research

Recordings

MSc Research Ethics Hybrid Program

104 Learning Materials

Semester 1 : Recorded sessions

1.1_Introduction and overview of Bioethics Dr Amar Jesani

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