What constitutes 'health research' that must be considered by the Research Ethics Committee?

All research that may be health related

  • All health research using human participants
  • Health research not using human participants (e.g. research on chemicals or instruments)
  • Clinical audits and surveys
  • Health related laboratory research
  • In vitro and ex vivo health research
  • Research on data already collected for clinical or educational purposes
  • Secondary research on data already collected as part of another research project
  • Case series for publication purposes
  • Service delivery “statistics” for research, scientific reports, degree or publication purposes
  • Reports and publications of health surveilance
  • Research on education in the Health Sciences Faculty
  • All research involving patients or materials from Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Kalafong Hospital, Tshwane District Hospital, Weskoppies Hospital, or NHLS
  • All research involving healthcare workers or other personnel at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Kalafong Hospital, Tshwane District Hospital, Weskoppies Hospital, and NHLS
  • All research involving students of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Oral and Dental Hospital as research participants
  • All research involving personnel of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Oral and Dental Hospital as research participants

 

Notification - all health related research requires prior Ethics approval

 

 

 

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