Development and pilot testing of an online module for ethics education based on the Nigerian National Code for Health Research Ethics

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ogunrin, Olubunmi A ^a,b   Ogundiran, Temidayo O ^b   Adebamowo, Clement ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ethics education; Nigerian Code; Online ethics module; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESEARCH ETHICS; TEACHING;

ADULT; BIOETHICS; CODES OF ETHICS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871674919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-14-1     Document Type: Article

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