Small is beautiful: demystifying and simplifying standard operating procedures: a model from the ethics review and consultancy committee of the Cameroon Bioethics Initiative

• Published in: BMC medical ethics Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 27
• Main Authors: Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer, Odile, Munung, Nchangwi Syntia, Tangwa, Godfrey B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.05.2016; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Africa; Benchmarking; Bioethics; Cameroon; Ethical Review - standards; Ethics Committees, Research; Ethics, Research; Humans; Laws, regulations and rules; Research ethics; World Health Organization; Africa; WHO’s guidelines; Gold standard; Research ethics committee; Africa; Standard operating procedures

Research ethics review is a critical aspect of the research governance framework for human subjects research. This usually requires that research protocols be submitted to a research ethics committee (REC) for review and approval. This has led to very rapid developments in the domain of research eth...