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Centre for Ethics, a member institute of United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) celebrates the "International Day of Peace" on 20th September 2024. We invite you to be a part of this program.
Time: 11 AM to 3 PM (IST) Venue: Forensic demo room II, 3rd floor, YMC Registration link: https://forms.gle/PyzyNFj1T5aS2AFL9 (Hybrid mode) |
13th IAEE International Conference on Ethics Education “Ethics Education: An Imperative for Future Generation” St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, (India) 12-14 June 2025
The theme of 2025 Conference organized by the International Association for Education in Ethics, scheduled in Bangalore (India), aims to bring together different academic, legal, societal and cultural perspectives in the field of ethics education from across all relevant disciplines/professions. The sub-themes involved regard: Interdisciplinary Ethics and Education, Health professional Education and Bioethics, Children, Schools and Ethics, Religion, morality and ethics, Ethics in Media Studies, Journalism, Social Media, Politics, Human rights, Legal frameworks on ethics, Publishing and publication ethics, Ethics of technology advancement, Ethics, climate change and our collective futures. Proposals (abstracts) for either oral presentations or posters at the Conference are most welcome. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th November 2024.
For more information on the Conference and call for abstracts see: https://ethicsassociation.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Call-for-abstracts-St-Johns_2025-nieuwe-versie56-1.pdf
More info: https://ethicsassociation.net/events/13th-international-conference-on-ethics-education-2/
The theme of 2025 Conference organized by the International Association for Education in Ethics, scheduled in Bangalore (India), aims to bring together different academic, legal, societal and cultural perspectives in the field of ethics education from across all relevant disciplines/professions. The sub-themes involved regard: Interdisciplinary Ethics and Education, Health professional Education and Bioethics, Children, Schools and Ethics, Religion, morality and ethics, Ethics in Media Studies, Journalism, Social Media, Politics, Human rights, Legal frameworks on ethics, Publishing and publication ethics, Ethics of technology advancement, Ethics, climate change and our collective futures. Proposals (abstracts) for either oral presentations or posters at the Conference are most welcome. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th November 2024.
For more information on the Conference and call for abstracts see: https://ethicsassociation.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Call-for-abstracts-St-Johns_2025-nieuwe-versie56-1.pdf
More info: https://ethicsassociation.net/events/13th-international-conference-on-ethics-education-2/
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Healthcare & Gender Equity – Cohort 3.0: Theme- Advancing Systems, Structures & Policies To Address Contemporary Challenges
Healthcare & Gender Equity – Cohort 3.0: Theme- Advancing Systems, Structures & Policies To Address Contemporary Challenges | An Online International Monsoon School Program | A Four-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Course | August 2024 | IMPRI Center for Ethics (CFE), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, and IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invite you to An Online International Monsoon School Program A Four-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Course on Healthcare & Gender Equity – Cohort 3.0: Theme- Advancing Systems, Structures & Policies To Address Contemporary Challenges Details of the #WebPolicyLearning: Dates: 6, 7, 8 and 9 August 2024 Time: 6 – 8 p.m. IST Platform: Zoom Course Fee: INR 5000 (inclusive of GST) Early Bird Discounted Fee (till July 6): Professionals: INR 3800 | Students: INR 2900 Special 20 percent discount for IMPRI Alumni. Bulk Discounts can be availed for groups of more than 5 participants. Limited Seats are available for partial scholarships. Write to [email protected] Registration Form: https://forms.gle/4XghVeQXECFdSHNEA Payment Link: https://pages.razorpay.com/impricoursefee Alternatively, can use any payment method from here: https://www.impriindia.com/payment-details/ NOTE: Please don’t proceed to pay without filling out the registration form given above. For queries, write to: [email protected] |
Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research 2024 (ISWEAR)
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Online Guest Lecture "Bioinformatics: Challenges and Solutions"
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South Asian Bioethics Community (SABC) – Panel Discussion
Thursday, Feb 16, 2023 | 6:30 pm IST
South Asian Bioethics Community (SABC) is a global forum that brings healthcare ethics peers from South Asia together. Our meetings will take the form of seminars, journal clubs, and panel discussions on topics relevant to healthcare ethics each month (3rd Thursday at 6:30 pm).
Health systems all over the world, whether in high income or low and middle income countries (LMICs), were unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments in LMICs have resorted to privatizing healthcare facilities as a quick solution to improve healthcare service delivery and increase efficiency. Even though such efforts have benefits, they threaten the core values of equity, fairness, and justice in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). During this panel discussion, we will discuss the vision of UHC, how the concept has evolved over time, and how it may change in the future in light of recent privatization efforts in several LMIC contexts.
Panellists
Amar Jesani
Independent Consultant (Researcher/Teacher); Bioethics & Public Health
Maharashtra, India
Ritu Priya
Professor at Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlaal Nehru University
Delhi, India
Prasanna Saligram
Public Health Researcher, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA),
Karnataka
Moderator
Sualeha Shekhani
Asst. Prof., Center for Bioethics and Culture-Sindh Institute of Medical Sciences (CBEC-SIUT),
Karachi, Pakistan
Co-organizers: Roshani Babu, Priya Sharma
Please register here for the online event!
Thursday, Feb 16, 2023 | 6:30 pm IST
South Asian Bioethics Community (SABC) is a global forum that brings healthcare ethics peers from South Asia together. Our meetings will take the form of seminars, journal clubs, and panel discussions on topics relevant to healthcare ethics each month (3rd Thursday at 6:30 pm).
Health systems all over the world, whether in high income or low and middle income countries (LMICs), were unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments in LMICs have resorted to privatizing healthcare facilities as a quick solution to improve healthcare service delivery and increase efficiency. Even though such efforts have benefits, they threaten the core values of equity, fairness, and justice in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). During this panel discussion, we will discuss the vision of UHC, how the concept has evolved over time, and how it may change in the future in light of recent privatization efforts in several LMIC contexts.
Panellists
Amar Jesani
Independent Consultant (Researcher/Teacher); Bioethics & Public Health
Maharashtra, India
Ritu Priya
Professor at Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlaal Nehru University
Delhi, India
Prasanna Saligram
Public Health Researcher, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA),
Karnataka
Moderator
Sualeha Shekhani
Asst. Prof., Center for Bioethics and Culture-Sindh Institute of Medical Sciences (CBEC-SIUT),
Karachi, Pakistan
Co-organizers: Roshani Babu, Priya Sharma
Please register here for the online event!
South Asia Bioethics Community (SABC) – Reading Session
January 19, 2023 | 6.30 pm IST
South Asian Bioethics Community (SABC) is a forum that brings healthcare ethics peers from South Asia together. Our meetings will take the form of seminars, reading sessions, and panel discussions on topics relevant to healthcare ethics each month (3rd Thursday at 6:30 pm).
Our first reading session is on Jan 19th at 6.30 PM IST.
The purpose of this session will be to critically engage with the literature on female genital cutting” and “female genital cosmetic surgeries” to understand the double standards of ethics. While one is considered an extreme form of human rights violation, the other is considered a matter of individual choice, when the two procedures have significant overlap in their process and outcome. The double standards that we observe stem from other contributing factors- racism, sexism, ethnocentrism. During this reading session, we hope to discuss ways to erase these double standards.
Reading material: “Shahvisi A.(2021). “FGM” vs. female “cosmetic” surgeries: why do they continue to be treated separately? IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-021-00514-8″.
Total duration of the session- 45 minutes
Moderator: Sunu C Thomas
Please fill the registration form here.
OR, (use the following link to register)
https://ijme.in/south-asia-bioethics-community-sabc-reading-session/
January 19, 2023 | 6.30 pm IST
South Asian Bioethics Community (SABC) is a forum that brings healthcare ethics peers from South Asia together. Our meetings will take the form of seminars, reading sessions, and panel discussions on topics relevant to healthcare ethics each month (3rd Thursday at 6:30 pm).
Our first reading session is on Jan 19th at 6.30 PM IST.
The purpose of this session will be to critically engage with the literature on female genital cutting” and “female genital cosmetic surgeries” to understand the double standards of ethics. While one is considered an extreme form of human rights violation, the other is considered a matter of individual choice, when the two procedures have significant overlap in their process and outcome. The double standards that we observe stem from other contributing factors- racism, sexism, ethnocentrism. During this reading session, we hope to discuss ways to erase these double standards.
Reading material: “Shahvisi A.(2021). “FGM” vs. female “cosmetic” surgeries: why do they continue to be treated separately? IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-021-00514-8″.
Total duration of the session- 45 minutes
Moderator: Sunu C Thomas
Please fill the registration form here.
OR, (use the following link to register)
https://ijme.in/south-asia-bioethics-community-sabc-reading-session/
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Starting from 21st October 2022
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World Humanitarian Day 2022
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"It takes a village..."
World Humanitarian Day Celebration 19th August 2022 Registration: https://forms.gle/dc8c17QuN6MrJgn7
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Valedictory Program
Date: 14th June 2022 3:30 PM YMC, Medical College Building, 3rd Floor, Demo Room II Registration: https://forms.gle.RX9dZWUMKrEsHJ7UA
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Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR): 24th to 27th May 2022
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#WebPolicyLearning | An Immersive Online Certificate Training Course on Perspectives on Gender through Healthcare Lens
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Congratulations to all the winners
FMES-IJME ETHICS AWARDS 2020-21 in Collaboration with the Center for Ethics, Yenepoya (deemed to be University) Join the the virtual award ceremony on 11th April 2022, 4-6 PM Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBZCkTK4AIwI8aBE6QwqYWM52Q4igxsaqTKdRb0OnW5lml7A/viewform… More info: https://ijme.in/nbc20140321/index.php/nbc-8/index/pages/view/award |
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Award for Bioethics Service in the Face of Challenges: Celebrating the 2021 winner, Dr. Amar Jesani Description: The International Association of Bioethics has announce the 2021 winner of the “Award for Bioethics Service in the Face of Challenges”, Dr. Amar Jesani. The award recognizes individuals who have championed local, national, and/or international efforts, sustained over a period of time, that advance bioethics or put bioethics into action, mobilizing knowledge into impact, and doing so in the face of challenges. Amar’s record – spanning medical ethics, public health ethics, and research ethics – is a shining example of the bioethics work that this award is meant to recognize. Time: Mar 1, 2022 07:00 PM in India |
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Centre for Ethics invites registration for Gender Worskhop (Hybrid mode)
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Forum for Medical Ethics Society and Indian Journal of Medical Ethics with Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) hosting the 8th National Bioethics Conference (NBC)
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Good Clinical Practice Workshop for Ethics Committees of Narayana Dental College, Nellore.
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore conducted an online workshop for the Ethics Committee members of Narayana Dental College, Nellore on 17 and 18 July 2020. 14 members from various disciplines attended this online workshop. The participants responded that the workshop was beneficial to them to conduct a review process of protocols and also opined that there was a need for such programs to update them with the changing guidelines. The team from Centre for Ethics consisting of Dr. Vina Vaswani (Director, Centre for Ethics), Dr. Ravi Vaswani (YEC-1 member and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) and Dr. Uma Kulkarni (Member-Secretary of YEC-1 and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) conducted the two-day workshop.
Bioethics and Environmental Ethics (BEEE) 2020, Fifth Contact Programme.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 17 July 2020.
Topics discussed during the session:
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 17 July 2020.
Topics discussed during the session:
- To have acquaintance with ethical theory.
- To compare Anthropocentric with Biocentric and Ecocentric theory.
- To focus on individual responsibilities towards the nature.
Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) 2020
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore successfully completed the 10th Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) from 8-11 July 2020. A total of 65 delegates registered and actively participated in the workshop.
The main focus of the workshop was to empower participants to understand locating ethics in research from historical wrongs. To explore areas of research involving human participants. To train people who is serving on institutional human ethics committees; or are likely to serve in the coming years, to give them the knowledge and tools to recognize and deal with various ethical issues arising out of research being done on human subjects. The course also trained participants in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) along guidelines of the International Council for Harmonization (ICH).
This workshop was conducted ‘online’ in view of the COVID-19 pandemic related lockdown and travel restrictions, using Google meet and the sessions included interactive lectures using power point presentation and educational short movies with appropriate examples.
The feedback was good for all the sessions in terms of presentation, clarity, duration, pacing and interaction and also opined that there was a need for such programs to update them with the changing guidelines. Since the workshop was online, the participants were delighted with the new experience and participants expressed that the topics explained in the workshop matched their expectations and the skill obtained will help them function better as ethics committee member or as a researcher.
Resource persons who engaged the online session: Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor Internal Medicine Y.M.C, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor Ophthalmology Y.M.C, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Dr. Grrishma B , Assistant Professor, Physiology Y.M.C, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Dr. Amar Jesani, Honorary Trustee, Anusandhan Trust, Mumbai, Visiting Professor, Centre for Ethics, Dr. Arun Bhatt, Consultant, Clinical Research and Development, Goregaon (E), Mumbai, Dr. Anant Bhan, Researcher, Bioethics and Global Health, Health Policy, Visiting Professor, Centre for Ethics, Dr. Abhay Nirgude, Professor and HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Dr. Mala Ramanathan, Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sri Chira Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology.
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore successfully completed the 10th Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) from 8-11 July 2020. A total of 65 delegates registered and actively participated in the workshop.
The main focus of the workshop was to empower participants to understand locating ethics in research from historical wrongs. To explore areas of research involving human participants. To train people who is serving on institutional human ethics committees; or are likely to serve in the coming years, to give them the knowledge and tools to recognize and deal with various ethical issues arising out of research being done on human subjects. The course also trained participants in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) along guidelines of the International Council for Harmonization (ICH).
This workshop was conducted ‘online’ in view of the COVID-19 pandemic related lockdown and travel restrictions, using Google meet and the sessions included interactive lectures using power point presentation and educational short movies with appropriate examples.
The feedback was good for all the sessions in terms of presentation, clarity, duration, pacing and interaction and also opined that there was a need for such programs to update them with the changing guidelines. Since the workshop was online, the participants were delighted with the new experience and participants expressed that the topics explained in the workshop matched their expectations and the skill obtained will help them function better as ethics committee member or as a researcher.
Resource persons who engaged the online session: Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor Internal Medicine Y.M.C, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor Ophthalmology Y.M.C, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Dr. Grrishma B , Assistant Professor, Physiology Y.M.C, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Dr. Amar Jesani, Honorary Trustee, Anusandhan Trust, Mumbai, Visiting Professor, Centre for Ethics, Dr. Arun Bhatt, Consultant, Clinical Research and Development, Goregaon (E), Mumbai, Dr. Anant Bhan, Researcher, Bioethics and Global Health, Health Policy, Visiting Professor, Centre for Ethics, Dr. Abhay Nirgude, Professor and HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Dr. Mala Ramanathan, Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sri Chira Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology.
Good Clinical Practice Workshop for Ethics Committee members of SDM University, Dharwad
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore conducted an online workshop for the Ethics Committee members of SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad on 29-30 June 2020. 35 members from various disciplines attended this online workshop. The participants responded that the workshop was beneficial to them to conduct a review process of protocols and also opined that there was a need for such programs to update them with the changing guidelines. The team from Centre for Ethics consisting of Dr. Vina Vaswani (Director, Centre for Ethics), Dr. Ravi Vaswani (YEC-1 member and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) and Dr. Uma Kulkarni (Member-Secretary of YEC-1 and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) conducted the two-day workshop.
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore conducted an online workshop for the Ethics Committee members of SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad on 29-30 June 2020. 35 members from various disciplines attended this online workshop. The participants responded that the workshop was beneficial to them to conduct a review process of protocols and also opined that there was a need for such programs to update them with the changing guidelines. The team from Centre for Ethics consisting of Dr. Vina Vaswani (Director, Centre for Ethics), Dr. Ravi Vaswani (YEC-1 member and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) and Dr. Uma Kulkarni (Member-Secretary of YEC-1 and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) conducted the two-day workshop.
Clinical Ethics and Medical Humanities (CEMH) 2020, Fourth Contact Programme.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 26 June 2020.
Topics discussed during the session:
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 26 June 2020.
Topics discussed during the session:
- Empathy locating art in Medical education.
- Developing Empathy.
- Understanding illness from patient’s perspective.
- Role of compassion in healthcare.
- Duty consciousness and barriers in practice time management.
- Difference between healthcare in government referral and corporate hospital.
- Reasoning of growing discontentment.
Bioethics and Environmental Ethics (BEEE) 2020, Fourth Contact Programme.
Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on Moral reasoning on 12 June 2020.
Topics discussed during the session:
Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on Moral reasoning on 12 June 2020.
Topics discussed during the session:
- Difference between moral intuition and moral reasoning
- Common theories of moral reasoning
Clinical Ethics and Medical Humanities (CEMH) 2020, Third Contact Programme.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 29 May 2020.
Topic discussed: Humanities and its backdrop in medical humanities.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 29 May 2020.
Topic discussed: Humanities and its backdrop in medical humanities.
Guest Lecture
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Gopi Shankar M was the resource person from Madurai delivered a talk on the topic: Justice to the transgender population through dignity centered approach in healthcare (looking beyond binary) in Yenepoya Medical College on 18 March 2020.
Bioethics and Environmental Ethics (BEEE) 2020, Third Contact Programme.
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Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 13 March 2020. The session engaged with discussion on Principles of bioethics, Autonomy and its benefits, examples of clinical setting cases to each questions of right and wrong, hierarchy of principles, privacy and confidentiality, limits of autonomy, displayed video of student skit pertained to ethics and story of cadaver.
Clinical Ethics and Medical Humanities (CEMH) 2020, Second Contact Programme.
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Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on 28 Feb 2020.
Topic discussed during the session are:
Topic discussed during the session are:
- Locating Bioethics in contact of religion, mobility medical ethics.
- Definition of ethics, locating bioethics principles in the contact of ethical theories and Philosophy.
- Introduction to the concept of Autonomy, through case based discussion.
Bioethics and Environmental Ethics (BEEE) 2020, Second Contact Programme.
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Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty Center for Ethics, Yenepoya University, conducted a session on the topic: Paternalism, Autonomy, Healthcare on 14 Feb 2020.
Wellcome Trust Global Forum for Bioethics in Research (GFBR) travel fellowship successfully completed
Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Additional Faculty, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University successfully completed a visiting fellowship to the School of Primary Social and Community Care, Keele University, UK, under the mentorship of Prof. Athula Sumathipala. The visiting fellowship was part of the travel fellowship and meant for developing the interview tool which will now be used on different stakeholders of biomedical research in India.
Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Additional Faculty, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University successfully completed a visiting fellowship to the School of Primary Social and Community Care, Keele University, UK, under the mentorship of Prof. Athula Sumathipala. The visiting fellowship was part of the travel fellowship and meant for developing the interview tool which will now be used on different stakeholders of biomedical research in India.
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Report on Rapid Update-1
Background: Through a series of one-day workshops, Yenepoya Ethics Committee-1 has a vision to empower ethics committee members in constructing standard operating procedure manuals, developing high-quality ethical review processes and familiarizing with current guidelines and regulations. The workshops will be aimed at training the ethics committee members with practical skills and experience that will ensure better quality of research and ethical review process on biomedical research protocols. In addition, these modular and highly interactive workshops for researchers will be aimed at training them and reinforcing research ethics and the applicable guidelines.
Overview: Rapid Update-1 was a one-day hands-on workshop for Ethics Committee members conducted on 16 October 2019 and was the first of its kind in the Rapid Update series. The workshop was conducted in the Forensic Demo Room from 8.30 am to 3:30 pm.
Participants:
The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Gangadhara Somayaji KS, Registrar, Yenepoya deemed to be University who appreciated the work of YEC-1 and the building of the new version of the SOP manual by YEC-1. Dr. Moosabba, Dean of Yenepoya Medical College stressed on the importance of research and research ethics. Dr.Vikram Shetty, Chairperson of YEC-1 emphasised the need for use of software program for management of EC functioning.
The sessions: The topics discussed were
Dr. Arun Bhagwat, Deputy Director, Yenepoya Research Centre distributed the certificates of participation to the participants.
Feedback of participants:
YEC-1 takes this opportunity to thank the management and Yenepoya deemed to be University their constant support and encouragement. YEC-1 thanks the department of Forensic Medicine and Centre for Ethics for their logistic support. YEC-1 will continuously try to maintain the standards laid down in the vision of the University.
Background: Through a series of one-day workshops, Yenepoya Ethics Committee-1 has a vision to empower ethics committee members in constructing standard operating procedure manuals, developing high-quality ethical review processes and familiarizing with current guidelines and regulations. The workshops will be aimed at training the ethics committee members with practical skills and experience that will ensure better quality of research and ethical review process on biomedical research protocols. In addition, these modular and highly interactive workshops for researchers will be aimed at training them and reinforcing research ethics and the applicable guidelines.
Overview: Rapid Update-1 was a one-day hands-on workshop for Ethics Committee members conducted on 16 October 2019 and was the first of its kind in the Rapid Update series. The workshop was conducted in the Forensic Demo Room from 8.30 am to 3:30 pm.
Participants:
- Members of Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1
- Members of Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 2
- Scholars of MSc Research Ethics
The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Gangadhara Somayaji KS, Registrar, Yenepoya deemed to be University who appreciated the work of YEC-1 and the building of the new version of the SOP manual by YEC-1. Dr. Moosabba, Dean of Yenepoya Medical College stressed on the importance of research and research ethics. Dr.Vikram Shetty, Chairperson of YEC-1 emphasised the need for use of software program for management of EC functioning.
The sessions: The topics discussed were
- The New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules 2019: Dr. Ravi Vaswani
- Pre-approval activities (with reference to the current SOPs and templates): Dr. Uma Kulkarni
- Ethics committee members - Roles, responsibilities, EC meetings and quorum requirements (with reference to the current SOPs): Dr. Ravi Vaswani
- Post-approval activities (with reference to the current SOPs): Dr. Uma Kulkarni
- Hands-on activity: Group activity using mock research protocol followed by moderation: Dr. Ravi Vaswani and Dr. Uma Kulkarni.
Dr. Arun Bhagwat, Deputy Director, Yenepoya Research Centre distributed the certificates of participation to the participants.
Feedback of participants:
- All the respondents were positive about the conduct of the sessions, the topics and their relevance of the topics to their role in the EC
- All the respondents were positive about holding such workshops in future.
- One respondent felt the pace of the presentation was too fast.
- Two respondents responded that they would like more interaction in the session.
- Across the board all the members of YEC-1 and YEC-2 who attended the workshop were satisfied with the capacity-building transfer.
YEC-1 takes this opportunity to thank the management and Yenepoya deemed to be University their constant support and encouragement. YEC-1 thanks the department of Forensic Medicine and Centre for Ethics for their logistic support. YEC-1 will continuously try to maintain the standards laid down in the vision of the University.
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 to undergo NABH accreditation on 3 June 2019
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 (YEC-1) has been providing protection to human research participants and enhancing the quality of biomedical research involving human subjects since 2008. YEC-1 will undergo NABH accreditation for Ethics Committees on 3 June 2019. This is made mandatory by the Government of India, for ethics committees that review clinical trials. YEC-1 is recognized by Forum for Ethics Review Committees of the Asia-Pacific (FERCAP) under the WHO initiative Strategic Initiative for Development of Capacity in Ethics Review (SIDCER). YEC-1 is also registered with the Office of the Drugs Controller General of India. The Chairperson, Member-Secretary and all the members of YEC-1 wholeheartedly welcome the NABH EC assessor team.
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 (YEC-1) has been providing protection to human research participants and enhancing the quality of biomedical research involving human subjects since 2008. YEC-1 will undergo NABH accreditation for Ethics Committees on 3 June 2019. This is made mandatory by the Government of India, for ethics committees that review clinical trials. YEC-1 is recognized by Forum for Ethics Review Committees of the Asia-Pacific (FERCAP) under the WHO initiative Strategic Initiative for Development of Capacity in Ethics Review (SIDCER). YEC-1 is also registered with the Office of the Drugs Controller General of India. The Chairperson, Member-Secretary and all the members of YEC-1 wholeheartedly welcome the NABH EC assessor team.
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 to undergo FERCAP resurvey on 10-12 June 2019
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 (YEC-1) has been providing protection to human research participants and enhancing the quality of biomedical research involving human subjects since 2008. In 2016 YEC-1 (then YUEC) voluntarily took the decision to undergo ethics committee recognition by FERCAP. FERCAP or Forum for Ethical Review Committees in the Asian & Western Pacific Regions is an international organization created under the WHO's Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review (SIDCER) and its office is based in the Bangkok, Thailand. In 2016 when Yenepoya University Ethics Committee (now renamed YEC-1) underwent recognition by FERCAP it was only the tenth ethics committee in the country to get this recognition. At the close of three years we are now undergoing a re-survey.
Four assessors (two international and two Indian) will - along with 10 trainees - review the functioning of YEC-1 over three days and provide constructive feedback to improve the quality and standards of YEC-1.
The surveyor team consists of:
Dr. Prasad Ranatunga, Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. PHG Janaka Pushpakumara, Head, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University, Sri Lanka
Dr. Paul Kumaran, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Madurai Unit, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Swarnalakshmi, YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research & Education (YRG CARE), Chennai
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 (YEC-1) has been providing protection to human research participants and enhancing the quality of biomedical research involving human subjects since 2008. In 2016 YEC-1 (then YUEC) voluntarily took the decision to undergo ethics committee recognition by FERCAP. FERCAP or Forum for Ethical Review Committees in the Asian & Western Pacific Regions is an international organization created under the WHO's Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review (SIDCER) and its office is based in the Bangkok, Thailand. In 2016 when Yenepoya University Ethics Committee (now renamed YEC-1) underwent recognition by FERCAP it was only the tenth ethics committee in the country to get this recognition. At the close of three years we are now undergoing a re-survey.
Four assessors (two international and two Indian) will - along with 10 trainees - review the functioning of YEC-1 over three days and provide constructive feedback to improve the quality and standards of YEC-1.
The surveyor team consists of:
Dr. Prasad Ranatunga, Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. PHG Janaka Pushpakumara, Head, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, Rajarata University, Sri Lanka
Dr. Paul Kumaran, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Madurai Unit, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Swarnalakshmi, YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research & Education (YRG CARE), Chennai
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 to undergo NABH accreditation on 3 June 2019
Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) 2019
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore successfully completed the 8th edition of its annual feature - Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR). A total of 54 delegates registered and 51 actively participated in the workshop. Of these, 15 were from the medical fraternity, 17 from dental, 10 from Hospital Administration, 3 from M.Sc Research Ethics, 1 each from Physiotherapy, Literature and etc. 5 delegates were members of institutional ethics committees.
On the first day, the Dr. Amar Jesani ((Visiting Professor, Anusandhan Trust, Sai Ashraya Aram Society Road, Vakola Mumbai)inaugurated the program. The Director, Centre for Ethics - Dr. Vina Vaswani and the Karnataka Medical Council Observer - Dr. Chaitanya R Shetty (Assistant Professor, Dept of Orthopaedics, Yenepoya Medical College also graced the dais.
Dr. Ravi Vaswani introduced the delegates to the distinction between research, healthcare, innovation and experimentation; the differing standards in research and practice were brought out through a case study. Dr. Uma Kulkarni introduced the delegates to the principles and theories of ethics in research and their application in analysis of ethical issues in research. The afternoon session was focused on understanding the concept of vulnerability in research with the screening of the educational movie “Ms. Ever’s Boys” based on the Tuskegee syphilis trial. The ethical issues were discussed by Dr. Amar Jesani and this was followed by a presentation on identifying and managing vulnerability in research by Dr. Vina Vaswani.
Informed consent, its basis, importance, components and methods were discussed by Dr. Vina Vaswani. Importance of maintaining privacy of participants and confidentiality the data in clinical research were highlighted by Dr. Amar Jesani with the screening of a documentary. Dr. Ravi Vaswani conducted a session on Community engagement in research for the need of issues in relevance of research to community, community benefits and its protection, community permission and consent – understanding power relations Culture sensitivity and developing cultural competence of researchers. Further, Dr. Amar Jesani discussed risk: benefit analysis in clinical research and the methods of minimizing risk. In the post-lunch session, Dr. Arun Bhatt spoke on the laws and regulations related to clinical trials. Dr. Amar Jesani conducted a session on ethics committees: structure, composition, functioning and responsibilities.
Dr. Arun Bhatt along with Dr. Mala Ramanathan spoke on the regulations governing Serious Adverse Events (SAE) reporting and compensation issues in research. He also spoke on the design and functioning of a clinical trial, the role of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). Dr. Ravi Vaswani conducted session on ICMR Guidelines and clarified the concept of conflict of interests (CoI), its identification and mitigation during the conduct of research, in the review processes of the ethics committees and in publications. Dr. Vina Vaswani spoke about post-trial benefits followed by Groups discussion on mock proposal.
The last day focused on responsible conduct of research (RCR). Dr. Mala Ramanathan spoke about the importance of transparency and accountability. Dr. Anant Bhan discussed on scientific misconduct and ethical use of animals in research. The afternoon session comprised the mock ethics committee meetings by the four groups, who were very enthusiastic and serious about the review processes. The session was judged by Dr. Anant Bhan and Dr. Amar Jesani. Overall, at the end of the fourth day, the delegates expressed their learning experience as a very unique, enjoyable and fruitful one. Feedback was collected from the KMC observer and from the delegates and analyzed.
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore successfully completed the 8th edition of its annual feature - Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR). A total of 54 delegates registered and 51 actively participated in the workshop. Of these, 15 were from the medical fraternity, 17 from dental, 10 from Hospital Administration, 3 from M.Sc Research Ethics, 1 each from Physiotherapy, Literature and etc. 5 delegates were members of institutional ethics committees.
On the first day, the Dr. Amar Jesani ((Visiting Professor, Anusandhan Trust, Sai Ashraya Aram Society Road, Vakola Mumbai)inaugurated the program. The Director, Centre for Ethics - Dr. Vina Vaswani and the Karnataka Medical Council Observer - Dr. Chaitanya R Shetty (Assistant Professor, Dept of Orthopaedics, Yenepoya Medical College also graced the dais.
Dr. Ravi Vaswani introduced the delegates to the distinction between research, healthcare, innovation and experimentation; the differing standards in research and practice were brought out through a case study. Dr. Uma Kulkarni introduced the delegates to the principles and theories of ethics in research and their application in analysis of ethical issues in research. The afternoon session was focused on understanding the concept of vulnerability in research with the screening of the educational movie “Ms. Ever’s Boys” based on the Tuskegee syphilis trial. The ethical issues were discussed by Dr. Amar Jesani and this was followed by a presentation on identifying and managing vulnerability in research by Dr. Vina Vaswani.
Informed consent, its basis, importance, components and methods were discussed by Dr. Vina Vaswani. Importance of maintaining privacy of participants and confidentiality the data in clinical research were highlighted by Dr. Amar Jesani with the screening of a documentary. Dr. Ravi Vaswani conducted a session on Community engagement in research for the need of issues in relevance of research to community, community benefits and its protection, community permission and consent – understanding power relations Culture sensitivity and developing cultural competence of researchers. Further, Dr. Amar Jesani discussed risk: benefit analysis in clinical research and the methods of minimizing risk. In the post-lunch session, Dr. Arun Bhatt spoke on the laws and regulations related to clinical trials. Dr. Amar Jesani conducted a session on ethics committees: structure, composition, functioning and responsibilities.
Dr. Arun Bhatt along with Dr. Mala Ramanathan spoke on the regulations governing Serious Adverse Events (SAE) reporting and compensation issues in research. He also spoke on the design and functioning of a clinical trial, the role of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). Dr. Ravi Vaswani conducted session on ICMR Guidelines and clarified the concept of conflict of interests (CoI), its identification and mitigation during the conduct of research, in the review processes of the ethics committees and in publications. Dr. Vina Vaswani spoke about post-trial benefits followed by Groups discussion on mock proposal.
The last day focused on responsible conduct of research (RCR). Dr. Mala Ramanathan spoke about the importance of transparency and accountability. Dr. Anant Bhan discussed on scientific misconduct and ethical use of animals in research. The afternoon session comprised the mock ethics committee meetings by the four groups, who were very enthusiastic and serious about the review processes. The session was judged by Dr. Anant Bhan and Dr. Amar Jesani. Overall, at the end of the fourth day, the delegates expressed their learning experience as a very unique, enjoyable and fruitful one. Feedback was collected from the KMC observer and from the delegates and analyzed.
Workshop on Good Clinical Practices at KLE's Ayurved Mahavidyalaya conducted by the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore, on 24th and 25th January 2019
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Dr. Uma Kulkarni with Dr. Sujata Angadi and other faculty and one batch of students of the BMK Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, KLE, Belgaum after the Workshop on Good Clinical Practices
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore was invited to Shri B. M. Kankanwadi Ayurved Mahavidyalaya (Postgraduate studies, Hospital and Medical Research Centre), Belagavi (A constituent unit of KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research) to conduct a Workshop on Good Clinical Practices for the postgraduate students and faculty of the institution. The workshop was conducted over two days on 24th and 25th January 2019 in the BM Kankanwadi Mahavidyalaya campus of the KLE. The team from CFE consisting of Dr. Vina Vaswani (Director, CFE), Dr. Ravi Vaswani (YEC-1 member and Faculty, CFE) and Dr. Uma Kulkarni (Member-Secretary of YEC-1 and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) conducted the workshop, which was attended by about 50 post-graduate students, few PhD Scholars, research guides, faculty and Ethics Committee members of the institution.
The sessions were interactive and included topics from defining research and clinical trials, ethical issues in research to application process for CTRI (Clinical Trial Registry of India) registration. The feedback for the workshop was great indicated an encouraging learning process.
This is the tenth institution outside Yenepoya University which the Centre for Ethics has mentored.
The sessions were interactive and included topics from defining research and clinical trials, ethical issues in research to application process for CTRI (Clinical Trial Registry of India) registration. The feedback for the workshop was great indicated an encouraging learning process.
This is the tenth institution outside Yenepoya University which the Centre for Ethics has mentored.
Research Ethics Training program at New Amrutha Medical and Research Centre (Raichur) Private Limited, conducted by the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore, on 7 and 8 January 2019
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Dr. Ravi Vaswani , Dr. Uma Kulkarni with the participants of the workshop
As part of its expansion plans from healthcare into academics, the New Amrutha Medical and Research Centre (Raichur) Private Limited, Raichur has initiated the process for fulfilling the requirements for starting DNB (Pediatrics) course. As part of this larger scheme, the institute is in the process of establishing an ethics committee, to oversee the conduct and facilitate the growth of biomedical research on human participants. The Centre for Ethics was invited to train the faculty members in research ethics and the functioning of ethics committees. This will enable the institution to apply for DCGI registration, which is mandatory as per the current laws.
The team from CFE consisting of Dr. Vina Vaswani (Director, CFE), Dr. Ravi Vaswani (YEC-1 member and Faculty, CFE) and Dr. Uma Kulkarni (Member-Secretary of YEC-1 and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) conducted the two-day workshop on 7 and 8 January 2019. The workshop was attended by the faculty members and prospective members of the EC of New Amrutha hospital and also Ethics committee members of Navodaya Medical and Dental colleges and a few Pediatric postgraduates. In all, 22 participants attended the workshop.
The sessions included topics from distinction between research and therapy to mock ethics committee review.
The workshop received a very positive feedback and more than met the expectations of the participants. This was the ninth institutional extra-mural mentorship training program carried out by the Centre for Ethics, bringing laurels to Yenepoya deemed to be University, and reaffirming it as a leader in the field of bioethics education in India.
The team from CFE consisting of Dr. Vina Vaswani (Director, CFE), Dr. Ravi Vaswani (YEC-1 member and Faculty, CFE) and Dr. Uma Kulkarni (Member-Secretary of YEC-1 and Faculty, Centre for Ethics) conducted the two-day workshop on 7 and 8 January 2019. The workshop was attended by the faculty members and prospective members of the EC of New Amrutha hospital and also Ethics committee members of Navodaya Medical and Dental colleges and a few Pediatric postgraduates. In all, 22 participants attended the workshop.
The sessions included topics from distinction between research and therapy to mock ethics committee review.
The workshop received a very positive feedback and more than met the expectations of the participants. This was the ninth institutional extra-mural mentorship training program carried out by the Centre for Ethics, bringing laurels to Yenepoya deemed to be University, and reaffirming it as a leader in the field of bioethics education in India.
Dr. Nancy S Jecker Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine visits the Centre for Ethics:
The Centre for Ethics was proud to host Dr. Nancy S. Jecker on 10th Dec 2018 at the Yenepoya deemed to be University campus. Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D. is a Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, with adjunct appointments in the Department of Philosophy and School of Law. Her research focuses on individual and societal aging, justice, human dignity, medical futility and global perspectives in philosophy and bioethics. With her vast experience in this field she has authored over 175 articles and 3 books on philosophy and is completing a 4th book, Ending Midlife. Bias: New Values for Old Age. During the guest lecture at the campus, she addressed the faculty, alumni and students of the CFE on the concerns, challenges and at risk determinants of old age. She spoke about-healthy and successful dignified aging, the impact of changing values with age, human capabilities, dignity guided ethics and the way forward. The session ended with an interactive discussion with the audience. Post lunch, Dr. Nancy interacted with the faculty and students at the CFE where several culture specific issues with aging were discussed. Overall, it was an enlightening experience for the CFE.
Dr. Joseph Ali Associate Director, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University visits the Centre for Ethics:
Dr. Joseph Ali with Dr. Vina Vaswani, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Dr. Poonam Naik, Dr. Grrishma and Dr. Uma Kulkarni
The Centre for Ethics was pleased to have Dr. Joseph Ali at the Yenepoya Deemed to be University campus on 3rd and 4th December 2018. Prof. Dr. Joseph Ali is the Associate Director, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, and Assistant Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore USA).
During the guest lecture, Dr. Ali spoke on ethics of global digital health. This lecture focused on the impact of technology in the realm of health care and how the benefits of this can be maximized. He raised concerns about informed consent related issues in digital health care and also the disadvantages it can present to the technologically underprivileged individuals.
He interacted with the faculty and students of CFE with discussion on global health needs and the role of e- and mobile health care services. The interaction was thought provoking and inspiring for the students and faculty of CFE.
Dr. Joseph Ali and his colleague Dr. Jeffrey Kahn are in an on-going mentorship program, in which, Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, is in the process of developing a white paper on ethical issues in controlled human infection model studies.
During the guest lecture, Dr. Ali spoke on ethics of global digital health. This lecture focused on the impact of technology in the realm of health care and how the benefits of this can be maximized. He raised concerns about informed consent related issues in digital health care and also the disadvantages it can present to the technologically underprivileged individuals.
He interacted with the faculty and students of CFE with discussion on global health needs and the role of e- and mobile health care services. The interaction was thought provoking and inspiring for the students and faculty of CFE.
Dr. Joseph Ali and his colleague Dr. Jeffrey Kahn are in an on-going mentorship program, in which, Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, is in the process of developing a white paper on ethical issues in controlled human infection model studies.
Centre for Ethics wins Pecha-Kucha Best Paper Award at the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research meeting at Stellenbosch, South Africa (13-14 November 2018):
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, CFE; Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor - Ophthalmology and Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor - Internal Medicine were invited to attend the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research meeting at Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 13 and 14 November 2018. The theme of the meeting was biobanks and research on stored samples in LMICs. Vina presented a Pecha-Kucha paper on Policy-making on Research on Stored Samples. Ravi and Uma jointly presented a Pecha-Kucha paper on Ethical Issues in Research on Stored Samples (case-based presentation). Ravi and Uma won the Best Pecha Kucha Paper Award. The award was presented by Dr. Carla Saenz, Regional Advisor on Bioethics, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, CFE; Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor - Ophthalmology and Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor - Internal Medicine were invited to attend the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research meeting at Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 13 and 14 November 2018. The theme of the meeting was biobanks and research on stored samples in LMICs. Vina presented a Pecha-Kucha paper on Policy-making on Research on Stored Samples. Ravi and Uma jointly presented a Pecha-Kucha paper on Ethical Issues in Research on Stored Samples (case-based presentation). Ravi and Uma won the Best Pecha Kucha Paper Award. The award was presented by Dr. Carla Saenz, Regional Advisor on Bioethics, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO).
Life Time Achievement Award (Bioethics) conferred upon Distinguished University Professor Emerita Ruth Macklin of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
On the occasion of World Bioethics Day on 19 October 2018, the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya (deemed to be) University felicitated and conferred a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to Distinguished University Professor Emerita Ruth Macklin in recognition of her contribution to the field of global research bioethics. Ruth Macklin is a Bioethics faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA. She is a prolific writer, an inspiring teacher and has a vast experience as member, advisor and consultant at various prestigious organizations including World Health Organization, United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also the recipient of several awards including the prestigious Hasting’s Center’s Henry Beecher Award. In keeping with the Centre for Ethics's commitment to environment protection, Prof Ruth Macklin planted a sapling in the university campus before reaching the venue for the presentation.
The citation was read out and presented at the Lecture Hall IV, Academic Block, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore on 19 October 2018 at 10.15 AM. Yenepoya Deemed to be University was honored and privileged to confer the Lifetime Achievement award to Prof Ruth Macklin on this day. The award was conferred by Prof. Dr. Gangadhar Somayyaji KS, (Registrar) in the presence of dignitaries Mr. Farhaad Yenepoya (Director - Finance), Dr. Moosabba MS (Principal, Yenepoya Medical College), Prof. Abdul Rehman, Former Vice Chancellor of Kannur and Calicut Universities and Prof. Dr. Akhter Hussain, Secretary, Islamic Academy of Education. After the presentation of the award, Prof Ruth Macklin spoke on ‘Vulnerable populations in the context of research’ which was followed by an interactive session with students and faculty. Prof. Macklin informed the audience that rather than simply referring to vulnerable people using labels, it was better to consider the context and situations in which people might be rendered vulnerable. She also suggested that many of the guidelines – with the exception of the recently revised Council for International Organizations in Medical Sciences (CIOMS) guidelines - have failed to provide clear, actionable directions to identify, protect vulnerable populations and mitigate exploitation. Simply excluding vulnerable people from research, is to deny them the benefits of research. Prof. Macklin has championed the cause of people living with HIV, and in large measure, the recruitment of this vulnerable section of society in research, is due to her untiring efforts to get them their due benefits emerging from research.
Prof. Macklin was visiting the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, where she is a faculty on the Yenepoya University-Fogarty International Center Research Ethics Master's Program for India. This is a unique Master's Program in the country, being offered only by Yenepoya deemed to be University, supported by an educational research grant from National Institutes of Health, USA (Grant No. 1R25TW010305).
On the occasion of World Bioethics Day on 19 October 2018, the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya (deemed to be) University felicitated and conferred a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to Distinguished University Professor Emerita Ruth Macklin in recognition of her contribution to the field of global research bioethics. Ruth Macklin is a Bioethics faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA. She is a prolific writer, an inspiring teacher and has a vast experience as member, advisor and consultant at various prestigious organizations including World Health Organization, United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also the recipient of several awards including the prestigious Hasting’s Center’s Henry Beecher Award. In keeping with the Centre for Ethics's commitment to environment protection, Prof Ruth Macklin planted a sapling in the university campus before reaching the venue for the presentation.
The citation was read out and presented at the Lecture Hall IV, Academic Block, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore on 19 October 2018 at 10.15 AM. Yenepoya Deemed to be University was honored and privileged to confer the Lifetime Achievement award to Prof Ruth Macklin on this day. The award was conferred by Prof. Dr. Gangadhar Somayyaji KS, (Registrar) in the presence of dignitaries Mr. Farhaad Yenepoya (Director - Finance), Dr. Moosabba MS (Principal, Yenepoya Medical College), Prof. Abdul Rehman, Former Vice Chancellor of Kannur and Calicut Universities and Prof. Dr. Akhter Hussain, Secretary, Islamic Academy of Education. After the presentation of the award, Prof Ruth Macklin spoke on ‘Vulnerable populations in the context of research’ which was followed by an interactive session with students and faculty. Prof. Macklin informed the audience that rather than simply referring to vulnerable people using labels, it was better to consider the context and situations in which people might be rendered vulnerable. She also suggested that many of the guidelines – with the exception of the recently revised Council for International Organizations in Medical Sciences (CIOMS) guidelines - have failed to provide clear, actionable directions to identify, protect vulnerable populations and mitigate exploitation. Simply excluding vulnerable people from research, is to deny them the benefits of research. Prof. Macklin has championed the cause of people living with HIV, and in large measure, the recruitment of this vulnerable section of society in research, is due to her untiring efforts to get them their due benefits emerging from research.
Prof. Macklin was visiting the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, where she is a faculty on the Yenepoya University-Fogarty International Center Research Ethics Master's Program for India. This is a unique Master's Program in the country, being offered only by Yenepoya deemed to be University, supported by an educational research grant from National Institutes of Health, USA (Grant No. 1R25TW010305).
7th Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR)
May 28th to May 31st, 2018
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Mangalore successfully completed the seventh edition of its annual feature - Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR). Apart from its growing popularity and consistency in the standard of training, the highlight of this year's program was the registration of four participants from across the borders of India -- Nepal -- for the first time. A total of 29 delegates registered and actively participated in the workshop. Of these, 14 were from the medical fraternity, 9 from dental and 6 from others like sociology. Six delegates were members of institutional ethics committees.
On the first day, the Vice Chancellor Dr. M Vijayakumar inaugurated the program. The Registrar - Dr. G Shreekumar Menon, Vice Principal, Yenepoya Dental College - Dr. Sham Bhat, and the Karnataka Medical Council Observer - Dr. Cynthia Arunachalam also graced the dais.
Dr. Ravi Vaswani introduced the delegates to the distinction between research, healthcare, innovation and experimentation; the differing standards in research and practice was brought out through a case study. Dr. Amar Jesani shed light on the concepts of clinical equipoise and therapeutic misconceptions which are crucial in understanding research ethics. Dr. Uma Kulkarni introduced the delegates to the principles and theories of ethics in research and their application in analysis of ethical issues in research. The afternoon session was focused on understanding the concept of vulnerability in research with the screening of the educational movie “Ms. Ever’s Boys” based on the Tuskegee syphilis trial. The ethical issues were discussed by Dr. Amar Jesani and this was followed by a presentation on identifying and managing vulnerability in research by Dr. Uma Kulkarni.
The second day began with a recap of the previous day. Informed consent, its basis, importance, components and methods were discussed by Dr. Uma Kulkarni. Importance of maintaining privacy of participants and confidentiality the data in clinical research were highlighted by Dr. Amar Jesani with the screening of a documentary. Dr. Ravi Vaswani conducted a session on the ICMR guidelines for conduct of research on human participants and also the ICMR guidelines on stem cell research. Further, Dr. Amar Jesani discussed risk: benefit analysis in clinical research and the methods of minimizing risk. In the post-lunch session, Dr Arun Bhat spoke on the laws and regulations related to clinical trials. Dr. Amar Jesani conducted a session on ethics committees: structure, composition, functioning and responsibilities. The day ended with Dr. Ravi Vaswani dividing the delegates into four ethics committees and “mock research protocols” were given to the committees for review.
The third day included more advanced topics in research. After the recap, Dr. Arun Bhatt spoke on the regulations governing Serious Adverse Events (SAE) reporting and compensation issues in research. He also spoke on the design and functioning of a clinical trial, the role of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and insurance issues. Community engagement in research was discussed by Dr. Abhay Nirgude and Dr. Mala Ramanathan with the help of case vignettes and group discussions. Dr. Ravi Vaswani clarified the concept of conflict of interests (CoI), its identification and mitigation during the conduct of research, in the review processes of the ethics committees and in publications. A documentary highlighting the ethics of publication was screened. In the post-lunch session, Dr. Anant Bhan discussed about the importance of understanding the standards of care and post-trial access/benefits in clinical research.
The last day focused on responsible conduct of research (RCR). Dr. Mala Ramanathan spoke about the importance of transparency and accountability; and Dr. Anant Bhan and Dr. Amar Jesani discussed scientific misconduct and the importance of identifying and negating it. The morning session ended with a talk on ethical issues in animal research by Dr, Anant Bhan. The afternoon session comprised the mock ethics committee meetings by the four groups, who were very enthusiastic and serious about the review processes. The session was judged by Dr. Anant Bhan and Dr. Mala Ramanathan. Overall, at the end of the fourth day, the delegates expressed their learning experience as a very unique, enjoyable and fruitful one. Feedback was collected from the KMC observer and from the delegates.
On the first day, the Vice Chancellor Dr. M Vijayakumar inaugurated the program. The Registrar - Dr. G Shreekumar Menon, Vice Principal, Yenepoya Dental College - Dr. Sham Bhat, and the Karnataka Medical Council Observer - Dr. Cynthia Arunachalam also graced the dais.
Dr. Ravi Vaswani introduced the delegates to the distinction between research, healthcare, innovation and experimentation; the differing standards in research and practice was brought out through a case study. Dr. Amar Jesani shed light on the concepts of clinical equipoise and therapeutic misconceptions which are crucial in understanding research ethics. Dr. Uma Kulkarni introduced the delegates to the principles and theories of ethics in research and their application in analysis of ethical issues in research. The afternoon session was focused on understanding the concept of vulnerability in research with the screening of the educational movie “Ms. Ever’s Boys” based on the Tuskegee syphilis trial. The ethical issues were discussed by Dr. Amar Jesani and this was followed by a presentation on identifying and managing vulnerability in research by Dr. Uma Kulkarni.
The second day began with a recap of the previous day. Informed consent, its basis, importance, components and methods were discussed by Dr. Uma Kulkarni. Importance of maintaining privacy of participants and confidentiality the data in clinical research were highlighted by Dr. Amar Jesani with the screening of a documentary. Dr. Ravi Vaswani conducted a session on the ICMR guidelines for conduct of research on human participants and also the ICMR guidelines on stem cell research. Further, Dr. Amar Jesani discussed risk: benefit analysis in clinical research and the methods of minimizing risk. In the post-lunch session, Dr Arun Bhat spoke on the laws and regulations related to clinical trials. Dr. Amar Jesani conducted a session on ethics committees: structure, composition, functioning and responsibilities. The day ended with Dr. Ravi Vaswani dividing the delegates into four ethics committees and “mock research protocols” were given to the committees for review.
The third day included more advanced topics in research. After the recap, Dr. Arun Bhatt spoke on the regulations governing Serious Adverse Events (SAE) reporting and compensation issues in research. He also spoke on the design and functioning of a clinical trial, the role of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and insurance issues. Community engagement in research was discussed by Dr. Abhay Nirgude and Dr. Mala Ramanathan with the help of case vignettes and group discussions. Dr. Ravi Vaswani clarified the concept of conflict of interests (CoI), its identification and mitigation during the conduct of research, in the review processes of the ethics committees and in publications. A documentary highlighting the ethics of publication was screened. In the post-lunch session, Dr. Anant Bhan discussed about the importance of understanding the standards of care and post-trial access/benefits in clinical research.
The last day focused on responsible conduct of research (RCR). Dr. Mala Ramanathan spoke about the importance of transparency and accountability; and Dr. Anant Bhan and Dr. Amar Jesani discussed scientific misconduct and the importance of identifying and negating it. The morning session ended with a talk on ethical issues in animal research by Dr, Anant Bhan. The afternoon session comprised the mock ethics committee meetings by the four groups, who were very enthusiastic and serious about the review processes. The session was judged by Dr. Anant Bhan and Dr. Mala Ramanathan. Overall, at the end of the fourth day, the delegates expressed their learning experience as a very unique, enjoyable and fruitful one. Feedback was collected from the KMC observer and from the delegates.
Centre for Ethics conducts a one-day workshop (primer) at KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (KAHER)'s University Department of Education for Health Professionals (UDEHP) on April 30, 2018
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Dr. Uma Kulkarni and Dr. Ravi Vaswani were invited to conduct a one-day primer workshop at KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (KAHER, Belagavi, Karnataka) on 30 April 2018 titled "Ethical Issues in Research Involving Human Subjects". 35 healthcare professionals from various backgournds (medical, dental, nursing, ayurveda, homeopathy and hospital administration) from various institutions in and around Belagavi participated. After a brief introduction and pre-test, Dr. Vina introduced the participants to the concept of bioethics, and its location in modern healthcare and research, using historical events to plot the progress of bioethics in the field of human subject research. Dr. Uma Kulkarni carried on with priming the participants about the basic ethical tools that ethics committees use to assess research protocols. In the post-lunch session, Dr. Ravi Vaswani familiarized the participants with the regulations and guidelines governing ethics in research and also details on the composition, scope and functioning of ethics committees. The last session (jointly conducted) was on Responsible Conduct of Research which covered researcher responsibilities, scientific misconduct, authorship issues, conflict of interest, copyright issues and privacy/confidentiality. The program ended with a post-test, feedback and valedictory. All the participants appreciated the program and felt enriched.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Dr. Uma Kulkarni and Dr. Ravi Vaswani were invited to conduct a one-day primer workshop at KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (KAHER, Belagavi, Karnataka) on 30 April 2018 titled "Ethical Issues in Research Involving Human Subjects". 35 healthcare professionals from various backgournds (medical, dental, nursing, ayurveda, homeopathy and hospital administration) from various institutions in and around Belagavi participated. After a brief introduction and pre-test, Dr. Vina introduced the participants to the concept of bioethics, and its location in modern healthcare and research, using historical events to plot the progress of bioethics in the field of human subject research. Dr. Uma Kulkarni carried on with priming the participants about the basic ethical tools that ethics committees use to assess research protocols. In the post-lunch session, Dr. Ravi Vaswani familiarized the participants with the regulations and guidelines governing ethics in research and also details on the composition, scope and functioning of ethics committees. The last session (jointly conducted) was on Responsible Conduct of Research which covered researcher responsibilities, scientific misconduct, authorship issues, conflict of interest, copyright issues and privacy/confidentiality. The program ended with a post-test, feedback and valedictory. All the participants appreciated the program and felt enriched.
A big thank you to all who contributed to the success of the 5th Annual Conference of the International Association for Education in Ethics (IAEE) from 13 - 17 November 2017
www.iaee5.yenepoya.edu.in
Centre for Ethics conducted its 6th Summer Workshop - I-SWEAR
Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University organised its sixth Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research from 29th May to 1st June 2017. Addressing at the inaugural session, Dr Amar Jesani, an independent Bioethics Consultant and Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, appreciated the effort of Yenepoya University for conducting the summer workshop systematically for the past five years for training ethics committee members and researchers in India. He mentioned that India needs hundreds of institutions doing useful research giving importance to ethical aspects to develop research and science.
Dr B H Sripathi Rao, Principal, Yenepoya Dental College addressing as a chief guest of the workshop said that through the years Centre for Ethics of Yenepoya University has progressed steadily in the areas of research and academics through international collaboration. He said that the skill and knowledge gained through this workshop should spread to the participant's respective colleges and ethics committees.
The main focus of the Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) was to empower participants who are presently engaged in research or are serving on institutional ethics committees or are likely to serve in the coming years – the knowledge and tools to recognize and deal with various ethical issues arising out of research on human subjects.
The course also trained participants in Good Clinical Practice along the guidelines laid down by the International Committee on Harmonization (ICH-GCP) by Dr. Arun Bhatt, Consultant and is a joint editor-in-chief of Perspectives in Clinical Research - the journal of ISCR. Dr Roli Mathur, Senior Scientist ICMR, Dr Mala Ramanathan, and Dr Anant Bhan were the other resource persons who dealt on different issues of research ethics. Dr Vina Vaswani, Dr Ravi Vaswani, Dr Uma Kulkarni and Dr Abhay Nirgude were the inhouse faculty. 38 participants across 5 states attended the workshop.
Dr B H Sripathi Rao, Principal, Yenepoya Dental College addressing as a chief guest of the workshop said that through the years Centre for Ethics of Yenepoya University has progressed steadily in the areas of research and academics through international collaboration. He said that the skill and knowledge gained through this workshop should spread to the participant's respective colleges and ethics committees.
The main focus of the Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) was to empower participants who are presently engaged in research or are serving on institutional ethics committees or are likely to serve in the coming years – the knowledge and tools to recognize and deal with various ethical issues arising out of research on human subjects.
The course also trained participants in Good Clinical Practice along the guidelines laid down by the International Committee on Harmonization (ICH-GCP) by Dr. Arun Bhatt, Consultant and is a joint editor-in-chief of Perspectives in Clinical Research - the journal of ISCR. Dr Roli Mathur, Senior Scientist ICMR, Dr Mala Ramanathan, and Dr Anant Bhan were the other resource persons who dealt on different issues of research ethics. Dr Vina Vaswani, Dr Ravi Vaswani, Dr Uma Kulkarni and Dr Abhay Nirgude were the inhouse faculty. 38 participants across 5 states attended the workshop.
Choice Based Credit Course announcement
CFE team conducts Training Workshop for the Staff of Narayana Dental & Narayana Nursing college in Bioethics for Medical & Dental Research at Nellore on 12th & 13th April 2017
The Website Launch of 5th Annual Conference of International Association for Education in Ethics held on March 9th 2017.
First contact program of PGDBEME 2017 batch held from 18 to 21 January, 2017
FERCAP recognition of Yenepoya University Ethics Committee
Yenepoya University Ethics Committee is now a proud recipient of the recognition by FERCAP during the 16th FERCAP International Conference held at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Campus, Bhumi Siri Manglanusorn Building, Bangkok, Thailand on November 20-23, 2016. The certificate was received by Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University and Secretary, YUEC and Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor, Ophthalmology and Joint secretary, YUEC from FERCAP Chair Kenji Hirayama (Japan) and FERCAP secretary Rong Wu (China).
As a part of the conference, the YUEC poster was displayed in the conference hall along with other posters. The YUEC poster highlighted the details of the YUEC including history, membership, goals, activities, training and mentoring activities.
YUEC is the 10th in India and the first in Karnataka to receive recognition from FERCAP.
As a part of the conference, the YUEC poster was displayed in the conference hall along with other posters. The YUEC poster highlighted the details of the YUEC including history, membership, goals, activities, training and mentoring activities.
YUEC is the 10th in India and the first in Karnataka to receive recognition from FERCAP.
Walkathon meeting of ENCIRCLE - Ethics Club of Yenepoya University held on 12th November 2016
The special meeting of ENCIRCLE, Walkathon, walk for ethics was held on 12th November 2016. The members of ENCIRCLE along with the key speakers walked from the college entrance to Yendurance. The walk was headed by Dr. Vina Vaswani who enlightened the participants on ethical problems each and everyone faces. She explained how one can justify an act and make right decisions. She elaborated the decision making giving case study which made members to identify the best possible solution which was found to be ethical as well as humanitarian. Throughout the walk there was a good discussion on existing ethical issues.
Ms. Shifali Shetty, student, 3rd year MBBS gave a presentation on “Look out for enticements” at Yendurance theatre. It was about current affairs regarding doctors and the medical representatives and how our patients are affected by business tactics of drug companies. There was exchange of ideas and many situations which are happening around us. Though it was a sensitive topic, members were able to openly come up with solutions and ideas to tackle them. The entire presentation ended up with a slogan “Think twice before you act, nothing comes for free".
Ms. Shifali Shetty, student, 3rd year MBBS gave a presentation on “Look out for enticements” at Yendurance theatre. It was about current affairs regarding doctors and the medical representatives and how our patients are affected by business tactics of drug companies. There was exchange of ideas and many situations which are happening around us. Though it was a sensitive topic, members were able to openly come up with solutions and ideas to tackle them. The entire presentation ended up with a slogan “Think twice before you act, nothing comes for free".
PGDBEME & PGDCE students visit Ave Maria, Centre for Palliative Care and Sneha Sadan on 22 October 2016
Alumni Lecture by Prof. Dr. Jochen Becker-Ebel was held at Centre for Ethics
On the occasion of Alumni Day, a lecture on "Mercy Killing and Palliative Care - an Indo-German perspective on legal and practical issues" was held on October 18, 2016 at Forensic Department, demo room II. The key resource person was Prof. Dr. Jochen Becker-Ebel, CEO, MediAcion, Germany.
Centre for Ethics is one of the collaborators for the Sixth National Bioethics Conference scheduled between January 12 and 15, 2017 at Pune (http://ijme.in/pdf/nbc-6-brochure.pdf)
THEME of the conference: Healing and dying with dignity: Ethical issues in palliative care, end of life care and euthanasia
Pre-conference Satellite meetings : 12 January, 2017
Main Conference : 13, 14 and 15 January 2017
Venue : YASHADA, Baner Road, Pune, MH
Sixth meeting of ENCIRCLE - Ethics Club of Yenepoya University
The sixth meeting of ENCIRCLE was held on 19th July 2016 at Forensic Medicine Demo Room 2. The topics for the day were Ethical issues with Surrogacy by Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics and Ethical Issues in Medical Futility by Ms. Tejaswini, 2nd year MBBS student from Yenepoya Medical College.
Ms. Tejaswini in her presentation gave a brief note about medical futility which is a point in the management of a seriously ill patient wherein any intervention is unlikely to produce any significant benefit to the patient. She mentioned about two types of medical futility, i.e quantitative futility where the likelihood of an intervention to benefit the patient is exceedingly poor and qualitative futility where the quality of benefit an intervention will produce is exceedingly poor. She stressed upon the importance of communication required with regard to interventions that are being withheld or withdrawn and explain the rational behind them. She stressed the importance of having conversations with compassion.
Dr. Vina Vaswani highlighted ethical issues related to surrogacy. She elaborated on advances in medical technology, impact of technology on society, fertility and infertility and then broadly briefed about some new medical technologies which are developed have the potential to change our bodies, our brains, our emotions and help in longevity.
She informed that 50 million girls and women are missing from India's population as a result of systematic gender discrimination in India and one in every five girls is being eliminated at the foetal stage. Mentioning about the increasing trend in surrogacy, Dr. Vina said how far surrogacy uphold human rights and dignity and it makes some people instrument for another. She questioned whether the choice made by surrogate mother is truly a free choice - (autonomy) - or is it a form of subtle coercion? Is it safe in short term as well as long term? There was a good discussion amongst the speakers and the members of the club.
Dr. Sreekumar Menon, Registrar addressed the members and said doctors must take the patients in to confidence and cajoled everyone to be a good doctor.
Around 35 members participated in the meeting. Dr. Leena Pramod, Curator, Dept. of Forensic Medicine compeered the meeting. Ms. Venessa, student 3rd year MBBS proposed vote of thanks.
Ms. Tejaswini in her presentation gave a brief note about medical futility which is a point in the management of a seriously ill patient wherein any intervention is unlikely to produce any significant benefit to the patient. She mentioned about two types of medical futility, i.e quantitative futility where the likelihood of an intervention to benefit the patient is exceedingly poor and qualitative futility where the quality of benefit an intervention will produce is exceedingly poor. She stressed upon the importance of communication required with regard to interventions that are being withheld or withdrawn and explain the rational behind them. She stressed the importance of having conversations with compassion.
Dr. Vina Vaswani highlighted ethical issues related to surrogacy. She elaborated on advances in medical technology, impact of technology on society, fertility and infertility and then broadly briefed about some new medical technologies which are developed have the potential to change our bodies, our brains, our emotions and help in longevity.
She informed that 50 million girls and women are missing from India's population as a result of systematic gender discrimination in India and one in every five girls is being eliminated at the foetal stage. Mentioning about the increasing trend in surrogacy, Dr. Vina said how far surrogacy uphold human rights and dignity and it makes some people instrument for another. She questioned whether the choice made by surrogate mother is truly a free choice - (autonomy) - or is it a form of subtle coercion? Is it safe in short term as well as long term? There was a good discussion amongst the speakers and the members of the club.
Dr. Sreekumar Menon, Registrar addressed the members and said doctors must take the patients in to confidence and cajoled everyone to be a good doctor.
Around 35 members participated in the meeting. Dr. Leena Pramod, Curator, Dept. of Forensic Medicine compeered the meeting. Ms. Venessa, student 3rd year MBBS proposed vote of thanks.
Two days Workshop on ICH-GCP Guidelines conducted at SSIMS, Davangere by CFE held on 30 June & 01 July, 2016
SS Institute of Medical Sciences, Davangere invited YUEC to conduct a two-day workshop on International Council for Harmonization - Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) on 30 June and 1 July 2016, so as to train the ethics committee members of SSIMS. The ICH-GCP is the global standard for quality in biomedical research. The YUEC team that conducted this workshop consisted of Drs. Vina Vaswani, Uma Kulkarni and Ravi Vaswani. The workshop was very well received as per the feedback from the participants.
The Principal Dr. Sham Prasad, the Vice Principal Dr. Arun Kumar, Dr Shashikala, MEU Co-ordinator, Dr. Vinod, EC member and convenor and Dr. Basavaraj, Principal J.J School of Pharmacy, Dr. Srinivas Deshpande, Principal of Gadag Medical College, and EC members from GIMS, SSIMS, JJMC, Dental College, attended the workshop.
The Principal Dr. Sham Prasad, the Vice Principal Dr. Arun Kumar, Dr Shashikala, MEU Co-ordinator, Dr. Vinod, EC member and convenor and Dr. Basavaraj, Principal J.J School of Pharmacy, Dr. Srinivas Deshpande, Principal of Gadag Medical College, and EC members from GIMS, SSIMS, JJMC, Dental College, attended the workshop.
MoU Signed between Yenepoya University and Narayana Dental College & Hospital, Nellore
Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 16 June, 2016, between Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University and Narayana Dental College and Hospital and Narayana Nursing College, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, with the objectives providing guidance & support for the development of a Bioethics Centre, and training their staff in broader areas of bioethics including research and publications and for starting academic courses.
The MoU was signed by Dr. N. Kannan, Professor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Imageology, Narayana Dental College, and Institutional Co-ordinator, Centre for Bioethics, Nellore, Dr. C.V Raghuveer, Registrar, Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University. Dr. Sreekumaran Nair, Additional Registrar, Yenepoya University, Prof. Abdul Rehman, Former Vice Chancellor, Kannur & Calicut University were present on the occasion.
The MoU was signed by Dr. N. Kannan, Professor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Imageology, Narayana Dental College, and Institutional Co-ordinator, Centre for Bioethics, Nellore, Dr. C.V Raghuveer, Registrar, Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University. Dr. Sreekumaran Nair, Additional Registrar, Yenepoya University, Prof. Abdul Rehman, Former Vice Chancellor, Kannur & Calicut University were present on the occasion.
Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) conducted from 23-27 May 2016
Report on Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) held from 23 to 27 May 2016
For the fifth year, the Centre for Ethics at Yenepoya University successfully completed the week long Intensive Short Training Course in Ethical Issues on Biomedical Research from 23 to 27May 2016. Participants from within the University and outside, from various disciplines registered. 6 CME credits were accorded to this workshop by Karnataka Medical Council and 18 credit points by Karnataka State Dental Council.
The event:
The focus was to empower participants engaged in research or serving on institutional ethics committees with knowledge and tools to recognize and deal with ethical issues of research on human subjects. The course trained the participants in Good Clinical Practice along the guidelines laid down in the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH-GCP).
This five-day Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) program was conducted over 5 days (9am to 4.30pm) spread over 20 sessions. Topics covered were relevant to the present day scenario of biomedical research in India, and structured using revised guidelines of Indian Council of Medical Research on ethical issues in biomedical research, Schedule Y of Drugs and Cosmetics Act (including recent amendments and Supreme Court decisions), ICH-GCP guidelines and other relevant national and international regulations.
The Resource Faculty:
Dr. Amar Jesani: Dr. Jesani an Honorary Trustee of Anusandhan Trust based in Mumbai. He is a visiting Professor to the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University since 2012, and one of the founders of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics.
Dr. Roli Mathur :Scientist E, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi.
Dr. Arun Bhatt MD (Med), FICA (Ind) FICR (UK): Dr. Arun Bhatt, Consultant and is joint editor-in-chief of Perspectives in Clinical Research - the journal of ISCR.
Dr.Anant Bhan MA(Bioethics): An independent researcher and Consultant in the fields of bioethics and public health. He is a visiting Professor to the Centre for Ethics from 2014.
Dr. Mala Ramanathan: Additional Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies and Member, Institutional Ethics Committee, Shri ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.
Dr. Vina Vaswani MD, M Phil, MA (Bioethics): Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, Mangalore. She is currently the Secretary of Yenepoya University Ethics Committee.
Dr. Abhay Nirgude: Currently working as Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore.
Dr. Uma Kulkarni: Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore with additional qualification of Post Graduate Diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics and Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Ethics. She is a faculty in Centre for Ethics.
Benefits of this course
For the fifth year, the Centre for Ethics at Yenepoya University successfully completed the week long Intensive Short Training Course in Ethical Issues on Biomedical Research from 23 to 27May 2016. Participants from within the University and outside, from various disciplines registered. 6 CME credits were accorded to this workshop by Karnataka Medical Council and 18 credit points by Karnataka State Dental Council.
The event:
The focus was to empower participants engaged in research or serving on institutional ethics committees with knowledge and tools to recognize and deal with ethical issues of research on human subjects. The course trained the participants in Good Clinical Practice along the guidelines laid down in the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH-GCP).
This five-day Intensive Summer Workshop on Ethics and Research (I-SWEAR) program was conducted over 5 days (9am to 4.30pm) spread over 20 sessions. Topics covered were relevant to the present day scenario of biomedical research in India, and structured using revised guidelines of Indian Council of Medical Research on ethical issues in biomedical research, Schedule Y of Drugs and Cosmetics Act (including recent amendments and Supreme Court decisions), ICH-GCP guidelines and other relevant national and international regulations.
The Resource Faculty:
Dr. Amar Jesani: Dr. Jesani an Honorary Trustee of Anusandhan Trust based in Mumbai. He is a visiting Professor to the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University since 2012, and one of the founders of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics.
Dr. Roli Mathur :Scientist E, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi.
Dr. Arun Bhatt MD (Med), FICA (Ind) FICR (UK): Dr. Arun Bhatt, Consultant and is joint editor-in-chief of Perspectives in Clinical Research - the journal of ISCR.
Dr.Anant Bhan MA(Bioethics): An independent researcher and Consultant in the fields of bioethics and public health. He is a visiting Professor to the Centre for Ethics from 2014.
Dr. Mala Ramanathan: Additional Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies and Member, Institutional Ethics Committee, Shri ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.
Dr. Vina Vaswani MD, M Phil, MA (Bioethics): Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and Director, Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, Mangalore. She is currently the Secretary of Yenepoya University Ethics Committee.
Dr. Abhay Nirgude: Currently working as Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore.
Dr. Uma Kulkarni: Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore with additional qualification of Post Graduate Diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics and Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Ethics. She is a faculty in Centre for Ethics.
Benefits of this course
- Participants can serve on ethics committees in a more meaningful manner and enhance the functioning of their Institutional Ethics Committee.
- Perform research using protocols designed to conform to the highest ethical standards as laid down by ICMR and Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
- By word of mouth these participants will attract more participants next year, spreading the popularity of our program and university.
- Additionally many of these participants already are serving as Ethics Committee members or are likely to do so or are active researchers in their own right.
- By conducting this workshop the Centre for Ethics is enhancing the upgrading of quality of research and ethical reviews across the country.
- When the research or the trial is significant and ethical then it goes for publication in Peer review journals then it can form the basis for evidence. A good trial with ethics helps the patients/participants. It will also increase confidence and trust from the people when research is for the benefit of the people.
- 22 participants were trained to be the Ethics Committee members and ethical researchers.
Centre for Ethics to train undergraduate students in basic medical ethics
DEMEDCON 2016
Sri Devraj Urs Medical College University Kolar conducted a national-level undergraduates conference "DEMEDCON 2016" from 19 to 21 April 2016. The Centre for Ethics @ Yenepoya University was invited to conduct a day-long practical workshop for medical undergraduates on "Medical Ethics". 14 students registered and the topics covered were basics of ethical theories, principles, informed consent, research ethics, publication ethics and professionalism.
| Medical ethics workshop DEMEDCON 2016 SDUMC Kolar.pdf |
ENCIRCLE, Ethics Club of Centre for Ethics celebrates World Water Day on 22nd March, 2016
On the occasion of World Water Day, the fifth meeting of ENCIRCLE was held on 22nd March 2016 at Forensic Medicine Demo Room II. Centre for Ethics has been recognized by United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI). In the light of this recognition, the Centre for Ethics in association with ENCIRCLE, the ethics club of Yenepoya University, observed World Water Day which is one of the mandates of UNAI.
As is the custom in Centre for Ethics, the guest are not given cut flowers, but rather made to plant the saplings to add to green campus initiative. The honourable Vice-Chancellor, Dr. M. Vijay Kumar was the chief guest and to mark this occasion he planted the sapling. The students of the Ethics Club planted the sapling for UNAI with commitment to work towards sustainability.
Speaking on the occasion, the Vice Chancellor said that everyone should understand the value of water. He pointed out the scarcity of water faced by our country. There will be a day when India will start buying the water from outside countries, he added. He gave a call that everyone should start thinking to save water and how we can contribute to the society by saving water.
Dr. Madeline, Researcher from Johannes Gutenberg University, spoke on Ethics & Justice. She stressed on the need for global justice.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics presented an overview on water war. She spoke on the conflicts going on between the interests of the industry and the villagers throughout the country. She pointed out the economic development which is going against the environment and the villagers. She briefed on how the water has seemed to become a commodity and when there is scarcity of water the value in the market increases which makes people’s life miserable. She also said in the spiritual perspectives, water has to be distributed equally and one cannot have any kind of claim on water. She noted that the right to life is the most basic thing in the society and without water one cannot live and hence allow natural law to govern the system. She suggested everyone to conserve water and use it sparingly because it is a legacy for us to pass it on to next generations.
Mr. Syed Shaban, student, IV MBBS, gave a presentation on water ethics. He talked about the ethical theories and ethical frame work governing water ethics. He stressed on Stewardship model for states to look after water in the interest of the people.
Dr. Leena Pramod, Curator, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, spoke on the relevance of world water day.
The certificate of UNAI was handed over to the Vice Chancellor, Dr. M. Vijaya Kumar by Dr. Vina Vaswani.
13 students completed internship program in Ethics and Professionalism at the Centre for Ethics from 18th to 25th January 2016. Certificates of Internship training were awarded to the students on this occasion.
To mark the importance of water day, water bottles were distributed and students were encouraged to carry their own water bottle, with the tag line of ‘Bring Your Reusable Water Bottle’
Dr. Padma Kumar, Principal, Physiotherapy College, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, dept. of General Medicine, Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor, dept. of Ophthalmology and members of Encircle were present on the occasion. The students took a pledge to conserve water and follow the green initiative.
As is the custom in Centre for Ethics, the guest are not given cut flowers, but rather made to plant the saplings to add to green campus initiative. The honourable Vice-Chancellor, Dr. M. Vijay Kumar was the chief guest and to mark this occasion he planted the sapling. The students of the Ethics Club planted the sapling for UNAI with commitment to work towards sustainability.
Speaking on the occasion, the Vice Chancellor said that everyone should understand the value of water. He pointed out the scarcity of water faced by our country. There will be a day when India will start buying the water from outside countries, he added. He gave a call that everyone should start thinking to save water and how we can contribute to the society by saving water.
Dr. Madeline, Researcher from Johannes Gutenberg University, spoke on Ethics & Justice. She stressed on the need for global justice.
Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics presented an overview on water war. She spoke on the conflicts going on between the interests of the industry and the villagers throughout the country. She pointed out the economic development which is going against the environment and the villagers. She briefed on how the water has seemed to become a commodity and when there is scarcity of water the value in the market increases which makes people’s life miserable. She also said in the spiritual perspectives, water has to be distributed equally and one cannot have any kind of claim on water. She noted that the right to life is the most basic thing in the society and without water one cannot live and hence allow natural law to govern the system. She suggested everyone to conserve water and use it sparingly because it is a legacy for us to pass it on to next generations.
Mr. Syed Shaban, student, IV MBBS, gave a presentation on water ethics. He talked about the ethical theories and ethical frame work governing water ethics. He stressed on Stewardship model for states to look after water in the interest of the people.
Dr. Leena Pramod, Curator, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, spoke on the relevance of world water day.
The certificate of UNAI was handed over to the Vice Chancellor, Dr. M. Vijaya Kumar by Dr. Vina Vaswani.
13 students completed internship program in Ethics and Professionalism at the Centre for Ethics from 18th to 25th January 2016. Certificates of Internship training were awarded to the students on this occasion.
To mark the importance of water day, water bottles were distributed and students were encouraged to carry their own water bottle, with the tag line of ‘Bring Your Reusable Water Bottle’
Dr. Padma Kumar, Principal, Physiotherapy College, Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, dept. of General Medicine, Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor, dept. of Ophthalmology and members of Encircle were present on the occasion. The students took a pledge to conserve water and follow the green initiative.
6th batch of PG Dip Bioethics/Medical Ethics & 3rd batch of PG Dip Clinical Ethics commences
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The sixth batch of Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics & Medical Ethics and the third batch of Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Ethics commenced on 29 January 2016. Sixteen students have enrolled for the PGDBEME and 11 for the PGDCE. Drs. Vina Vaswani, Ravi Vaswani and Uma Kulkarni were the faculty that conducted the sessions on the first day.
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Dr. Norbert visits the Centre for Ethics for the PG Diploma Clinical Ethics Contact program
Fourth meeting of ENCIRCLE held on 18th February 2016
The fourth meeting of ENCIRCLE was held on 18th February 2016 at Forensic Medicine Demo Room1. The topics for the day were Designer Babies – Ethical Issues and the speaker was Dr. Leena Pramod, Curator, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and “Ethical Issues arises during investigation and diagnosis of an epidemic” by Ms. Michelle Ashraf, 3rd year student from Yenepoya Dental College.
Dr. Leena gave a broad explanation about what the designer baby is, how the human genome project and advancement in Genetic Engineering helped in developing this technology. She elaborated the process involved in making the designer baby (IVF & PGD) and how a designer baby can become a saviour baby for an older sibling suffering from a genetic disorder. Three real life cases were discussed where the designer babies were made to cure a child having a genetic disorder, for selection of trait (deafness), for gender selection and the ethical issues involved in this cases based on the 4 principles of ethics. This was followed by a round of discussion.
Ms. Michelle Ashraf, presented on “Ethical Issues arises during investigation and diagnosis of an epidemic”. She highlighted on Zika virus which is just a classical example of an epidemic that has breached the global barriers. As the definition of an epidemic goes, the unusual occurrence, in a community or region, of a disease, specific health related behaviour, or other health related events, clearly in excess of expected occurrence. She also mentioned that the symptoms have been variably reported as mild to aggressive such as Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. She pointed out that getting to the ethical considerations of this virus, quite a number of attributes must be highlighted, for instance, with the intention of randomized trials, the site and development of vaccines experimentally may be exploited in low socio-economic areas like in Central Africa, which can drastically dive towards the extremes of issues such as without consent. She noted that the ethical issue that goes overlooked is that portrayed by mass media. On one hand it benefits society by creating large scale awareness of the disease, but the depiction can manifest as an association of such disease to that particular place.
Ms. Sachitha Nandagopal, Faculty, Centre for Ethics rendered the words of wisdom by Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology compeered the meeting. Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics interacted with the members. Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, Dept. of Medicine proposed the vote of thanks. About 28 club members and guests were present.
Dr. Leena gave a broad explanation about what the designer baby is, how the human genome project and advancement in Genetic Engineering helped in developing this technology. She elaborated the process involved in making the designer baby (IVF & PGD) and how a designer baby can become a saviour baby for an older sibling suffering from a genetic disorder. Three real life cases were discussed where the designer babies were made to cure a child having a genetic disorder, for selection of trait (deafness), for gender selection and the ethical issues involved in this cases based on the 4 principles of ethics. This was followed by a round of discussion.
Ms. Michelle Ashraf, presented on “Ethical Issues arises during investigation and diagnosis of an epidemic”. She highlighted on Zika virus which is just a classical example of an epidemic that has breached the global barriers. As the definition of an epidemic goes, the unusual occurrence, in a community or region, of a disease, specific health related behaviour, or other health related events, clearly in excess of expected occurrence. She also mentioned that the symptoms have been variably reported as mild to aggressive such as Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. She pointed out that getting to the ethical considerations of this virus, quite a number of attributes must be highlighted, for instance, with the intention of randomized trials, the site and development of vaccines experimentally may be exploited in low socio-economic areas like in Central Africa, which can drastically dive towards the extremes of issues such as without consent. She noted that the ethical issue that goes overlooked is that portrayed by mass media. On one hand it benefits society by creating large scale awareness of the disease, but the depiction can manifest as an association of such disease to that particular place.
Ms. Sachitha Nandagopal, Faculty, Centre for Ethics rendered the words of wisdom by Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. Uma Kulkarni, Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology compeered the meeting. Dr. Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics interacted with the members. Dr. Ravi Vaswani, Professor, Dept. of Medicine proposed the vote of thanks. About 28 club members and guests were present.
FERCAP Survey for SIDCER recognition at Yenepoya University
The Yenepoya University Ethics Committee underwent a survey by Forum for the Ethical Review Committees in the Asian and the Western Pacific Region (FERCAP) for SIDCER (The Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review) recognition recently.
YUEC is a 200th committee in Asia and tenth in India to undergo this survey.
SIDCER is a leading global network that fosters an integrated and sustainable ethical review system towards quality culture in health research and it provides the international community with not only a means to build in-country human participant protection programs, but also a way to measure and provide accountability regarding the quality and effectiveness of ethical review worldwide.
The objectives of this survey are to conduct an independent evaluation of the IRB (Institutional Review Board), to provide feedback on its practices and overall performance and also to observe compliance to international, national and local standards.
The survey team consisted of
Dr. Cristina E Torres, Coordinator, FERCAP from Philippines as a survey Coordinator
Dr. Chandanie Wanigatunga from Srilanka as a lead surveyor
Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy, President FERCI as local surveyor
Dr. Sangeetha Desai as local surveyor
and the trainees from Yenepoya University and from outside institutions.
Dr. Cristina in her inaugural address said the purpose of surveying and evaluating research is to encourage the ethics committee so that there will be a better human participants in research. She stressed upon the regulations required for global clinical trails to test safety and efficacy. She mentioned about the need to harmonise ethics review in the scientific community.
Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy briefed about the roles and functions of FERCAP. She pointed out on how important for an ethics committee members to get trained in ethics. She said the whole idea of this process is not to point out negatives but to focus on how to improve the quality and standard of ethics committee to review ethical aspects in every research. She also mentioned about the importance to institutionalize an external quality assurance system and institute a check and balance system.
During the exit report presentation both the surveyors appreciated and thanked the Yenepoya University Ethics Committee (YUEC) for taking initiative to invite the survey team and keeping ready every aspect of requirements of survey process and made few recommendations as appropriate to ensure best standards of quality and transparency in ethical review for the IRB.
Dr. M. Vijay Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Raghuveer, Registrar, Mr. Farhad Yenepoya, Director, Finance, Ms. Sayigeetha, Chairperson, YUEC, Dr. Vina Vaswani, Member Secretary, YUEC and the members of YUEC were present on the occasion.
YUEC is a 200th committee in Asia and tenth in India to undergo this survey.
SIDCER is a leading global network that fosters an integrated and sustainable ethical review system towards quality culture in health research and it provides the international community with not only a means to build in-country human participant protection programs, but also a way to measure and provide accountability regarding the quality and effectiveness of ethical review worldwide.
The objectives of this survey are to conduct an independent evaluation of the IRB (Institutional Review Board), to provide feedback on its practices and overall performance and also to observe compliance to international, national and local standards.
The survey team consisted of
Dr. Cristina E Torres, Coordinator, FERCAP from Philippines as a survey Coordinator
Dr. Chandanie Wanigatunga from Srilanka as a lead surveyor
Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy, President FERCI as local surveyor
Dr. Sangeetha Desai as local surveyor
and the trainees from Yenepoya University and from outside institutions.
Dr. Cristina in her inaugural address said the purpose of surveying and evaluating research is to encourage the ethics committee so that there will be a better human participants in research. She stressed upon the regulations required for global clinical trails to test safety and efficacy. She mentioned about the need to harmonise ethics review in the scientific community.
Dr. Vasantha Muthuswamy briefed about the roles and functions of FERCAP. She pointed out on how important for an ethics committee members to get trained in ethics. She said the whole idea of this process is not to point out negatives but to focus on how to improve the quality and standard of ethics committee to review ethical aspects in every research. She also mentioned about the importance to institutionalize an external quality assurance system and institute a check and balance system.
During the exit report presentation both the surveyors appreciated and thanked the Yenepoya University Ethics Committee (YUEC) for taking initiative to invite the survey team and keeping ready every aspect of requirements of survey process and made few recommendations as appropriate to ensure best standards of quality and transparency in ethical review for the IRB.
Dr. M. Vijay Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Raghuveer, Registrar, Mr. Farhad Yenepoya, Director, Finance, Ms. Sayigeetha, Chairperson, YUEC, Dr. Vina Vaswani, Member Secretary, YUEC and the members of YUEC were present on the occasion.
CONDOLENCE
India loses a great health care visionary
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University condoles the sudden and untimely demise of Padmashree Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury on 27 October 2015.
Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury was a leading medical researcher, a specialist in medical teaching and a health planner for the country. Losing him is a big loss to the clinical research and the healthcare industry in India.
May his soul rest in Peace.
The Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University condoles the sudden and untimely demise of Padmashree Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury on 27 October 2015.
Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury was a leading medical researcher, a specialist in medical teaching and a health planner for the country. Losing him is a big loss to the clinical research and the healthcare industry in India.
May his soul rest in Peace.