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‘Getting Ethics’

‘Getting Ethics’. How to obtain ethical approval for your research www.kcl.ac.uk/research/ethics. Research Ethics. This session will cover: • The point of ethics • Getting past the ethics committees •Reviewing ethics applications. What’s fundamental to ethics?.

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‘Getting Ethics’

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  1. ‘Getting Ethics’ How to obtain ethical approval for your research www.kcl.ac.uk/research/ethics

  2. Research Ethics This session will cover: • The point of ethics • Getting past the ethics committees •Reviewing ethics applications

  3. What’s fundamental to ethics? • Participants give informed consent

  4. What’s needed for informed consent? Participants should know the following: • The purpose of the study. • What is expected of them. • What happens to their data afterwards.

  5. Why do researchers need ethics? • Mandatory requirement of the College • Research can only begin after approval has been granted. • Ensures researchers are covered by insurance if anything goes wrong.

  6. Why do researchers need ethics? • To secure funding. • To get published.

  7. The King’s Ethics system • ‘High risk’ applications are reviewed by RESCs. For social sciences and humanities researchers: • ‘Moderate’ or ‘uncertain’ risk applications are reviewed by school-based REPs. • ‘Low-risk’ applications are submitted and reviewed online.

  8. College Research Ethics Committee Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine and Natural & Mathematical Sciences RESC Psychiatry, Nursing & Midwifery RESC Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities and Law RESC Humanities REP Law REP (SSPP) Education & Management REP (SSPP) Geography, Gerontology & SCWRU REP (SSPP) War Studies Group REP The King’s Ethics System

  9. What do I have to submit 1. Application Form 2. Information sheet for participants 3. Consent form • Supplementary documents may be needed: • Questionnaire • Topic guide • Permission letters

  10. The application form What do ethics committees look for? • Investigation of a viable academic question. • Hint: Use bibliographic references for context. • How data is to be collected. • Examples: Interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, surveys, observation, samples, physical activity.

  11. The application form What do ethics committees look for? • How participants are to be recruited: • Inclusion/Exclusion criteria • In person/by e-mail/advertisement/gatekeeper • How consent is obtained: • Written/Verbal • Opt in/out for parents/guardians of child participants

  12. The application form What do ethics committees look for? • How ethical issues are addressed: • Pressure to participate • Conflicts of interest • Risks to participant and to researcher • Possible disclosures of harmful activity.

  13. The application form What do ethics committees look for? • Storage of data before and after the study: • Location • Format • Will data be shared with other researchers?

  14. Information Sheets • A ‘recruitment document’. • Provides information about the purpose of the study. • Specifies the activities in which participants will be involved. • Explains how data will be used (publication, final report).

  15. General advice about information sheets • Be in plain, straight forward English. • Give all of the necessary information to participants (a simplified version of the information of the application form). • Use language appropriate to those participants (adult, 5-7 years, 12-18 years, etc). • Use College contact details (e-mail addresses etc).

  16. Possible outcomes of review • Full approval - the research may commence. • Approval in Principle - amendments are requested before full approval can be granted. • Deferred - the Committee will need to seek expert advice before a decision is made. • Not Approved - the application is seriously flawed and must be resubmitted to the full Committee. • Rejected - the study is deemed unethical and cannot be resubmitted.

  17. Contact details Research Ethics Office 0207 7848 4077/4070/4020 rec@kcl.ac.uk Research Ethics Office 5.11 Franklin Wilkins Building/ Waterloo Bridge Wing Waterloo Campus http://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/ethics/contacts.html

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