PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ester Cairoli
AU  - Hugh T Davies
AU  - Jürgen Helm
AU  - Georg Hook
AU  - Petra Knupfer
AU  - Frank Wells
TI  - A syllabus for research ethics committees: training needs and resources in different European countries
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2011-100064
DP  - 2012 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 184--186
VI  - 38
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/3/184.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/3/184.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2012 Mar 01; 38
AB  - This paper reports a European Forum for Good Clinical Practice workshop held in 2011 to consider a research ethics committee training syllabus, subsequent training needs and resources. The syllabus that was developed was divided into four competencies: committee working; scientific method; ethical analysis and the regulatory framework. Appropriate training needs for each, with possible resources, were discussed. Lack of funding for training was reported as a major problem but affordable alternatives were debated. Strengths and weaknesses of this approach were discussed and the resultant proposal will be disseminated through the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice and the research ethics committees of member states.