Chapter 3
Ethics in Health Professions Education Research
Lynn V. Monrouxe,,
Ghufran Jassim,,
and BridgetC. O'Brien,
Lynn V. Monrouxe,
The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorGhufran Jassim,
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland–Medical University of Bahrain, Bahrain
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University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLynn V. Monrouxe,,
Ghufran Jassim,,
and BridgetC. O'Brien,
Lynn V. Monrouxe,
The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorGhufran Jassim,
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland–Medical University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Search for more papers by this authorand BridgetC. O'Brien
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Charlotte Rees,
Lynn Monrouxe,
Bridget O'Brien,
Lisi Gordon, Claire Palermo,
Charlotte Rees
The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorLynn Monrouxe
The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorBridget O'Brien
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 07 August 2023
Summary
This chapter describes the key theoretical perspectives involved in ethical decision-making in health professions education research (HPER). It explains the scope and role of Institutional Review Boards and Human Research Ethics Committees. The chapter outlines the key ethical considerations in human research. It discusses issues of research integrity and how to maintain this in HPE researchers' work. The chapter evaluates the range of ethical issues when publishing the research. Ethics in research is the ‘framework for creating a fabric of integrity’. Ethical considerations occur across all stages of research including design, applying for funding, data collection and analysis, dissemination, quality appraisals, and peer review. Appreciating ethical perspectives is key to doing ethical research. Codes of conduct comprise institutional guidelines developed to ensure that researchers have clarity in how they should conduct their research, both in terms of virtues and actions.
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