An analysis of online courses in research ethics in the fogarty-sponsored bioethics training programs

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 59-74

  Silverman, Henry ^a   Strosberg, Martin ^b   Luna, Florencia ^c   Philpott, Sean ^b   Hemmerle, Cheryl A ^d  

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

^b Union Graduate College   (United States)

^c Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales   (Ecuador)

^d United Methodist Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Education; Low and middle income countries; Online courses; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS; CURRICULUM; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892709600     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2013.8.5.59     Document Type: Article

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