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What's New
New Research procedures, click here for more information
Monitoring & Auditing Program to be implented in December 2009, click here for more information
New Annual & Final Report Form
A revised Annual Report Form (word) and Final Report Form (word) have been implemented. The revised forms contain specific questions to be answered, as opposed to the previous forms which contained little guidance for researchers completing the reports. This will assist when monitoring human research conduct following initial HREC approval.
The new forms are now effective and annual & final reports on the old template will not be accepted after January 1, 2010.
Research Ethics
The Royal Childrens Hospital (RCH) supports and encourages research and quality improvement/ clinical audit activities involving children. All research conducted on the RCH campus must be approved by the RCH Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) before it can commence.
The RCH HREC is constituted and operates in accordance with the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans (2007).
The RCH HRECs primary objectives are:
- To assess the ethical principles associated with the conduct of research in humans and to protect the welfare and rights of participants in research, and
- To facilitate research that is or will be of benefit to the researchers community or to humankind.
The RCH Ethics and Research Department is responsible for managing and facilitating the ethical review process for the campus. This involves co-ordinating the review of every new project by one of two subcommittees (The Drug/Device Subcommittee or the Technical Panel Subcommittee) before consideration or ratification by the RCH HREC. The subcommittees consider all matters relating to project design, technical feasibility and any ethical implications associated with each project. All projects considered to have ethical implications are then reviewed by the full RCH HREC before a decision to conduct the research is made.
In addition, the department is responsible for research monitoring, the clinical audit approval process, and research management including meeting legislative and regulatory requirements, policy development, the provision of researcher support and advice, and risk management.