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Certificate of Achievement

Dr. Naraginti Amareswaran Reddy

has completed the following course:

Research Ethics and Vulnerability: Ethical Research in Adults with Impaired Decision-Making Capacity

Universiti Malaya

This online course explored research ethics issues involving populations with impaired decision making capacity, with a focus on informed consent process and safeguarding the well-being of research participants.

2 weeks, 2 hours per week

Associate Prof. Dr Julia Patrick Engkasan

Programme Coordinator of Master of Health Research Ethics

Universiti Malaya

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Describe content and process of informed consent
  • Explain cognitive impairment, competence and decisional capacity
  • Identify research participants who might have impaired decision making capacity
  • Describe assessments of decision making capacity
  • Evaluate the conduct of research in participants with impaired decision-making capacity
  • Describe types of consent applicable to research participants with impaired decision making capacity
  • Explain how Institutional Research Board and researchers could protect research participants with impaired decision-making capacity

Syllabus

  • Introduction to informed consent in research
  • How decision-making capacity is assessed
  • Importance of research on persons with impaired decision-making capacity
  • Methods to obtain informed consent from participants with impaired decision-making capacity.
  • Safeguarding research participants with impaired DMC

Issued on 15th June 2022

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Free online course:

Research Ethics and Vulnerability: Ethical Research in Adults with Impaired Decision-Making Capacity

Universiti Malaya