Morning David
Our Open University Human Participants and Materials Ethics Committee
(HPMEC) successfully operates a virtual system for reviewing research
involving ethics. I am attaching a link to an audit of our Committee
from last year (http://www.open.ac.uk/research-ethics/p5_1.shtml, which
gives some information on how it works. The Committee always considers
ethical research in this way and meets in person at least twice a year
to discuss HPMEC business. If you need any further information please
let me know.
Best regards
Carmel
Secretary, HPMEC
Research School
The Open University
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From: Discussion forum for research ethics and governance
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Sent: 16 January 2007 16:54
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Subject: record-keeping for "virtual" REC meetings
Dear all,
We are currently implementing a new research ethics policy at London Met
and it has become clear that some of our subject research ethics review
panels would prefer to conduct a large part of their business via e-mail
discussions rather than face-to-face meetings (particularly when urgent
review is needed, for instance to meet a funders' deadline). Do any
other institutions operate "virtual" meetings in this way and, if you
do, what do your committees require in terms of record-keeping for these
discussions?
Thanks,
David Wilson
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Dr David Wilson
Research Funding Manager
The Graduate School Research Office
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London
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Tel: 020 7133 2008
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