Perception of Medicine and Nursing academics regarding the importance of research ethics committee

Abstract

The objective of the study was to access students’ perceptions the regarding bioethics importance and the necessity of submitting research projects to research ethic committee (REC). The study performed wi t h 19 academics at the Faculty of Medicine of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, who attended Medicine and Nursing courses, and submitted research projects to PEC. Interviews included closed and opened questions. The results showed that main difficulties are the agreement regarding the needed documents and filling forms, mentioned by 58% of students; 25% also expressed lack of professors’ guidance regarding such aspects. These difficulties generated feelings like anxiety
and concern, and 95% of students mentioned the need of introducing bioethics in undergraduated courses curricula.