Penn Medicine, Ethics and Regulation of Social and Behavioral Research, 10/1/2020 7:00:00 AM - 10/31/2022 8:00:00 AM, Intended for researchers in the social and behavioral sciences, as well as IRB members and staff, this course provides an overview of ethical principles and federal regulations that govern research in these fields. Learners will review the rationale for regulating social and behavioral research, as well as landmark studies that have raised ethical questions. Other topics include:
- Social and behavioral science under the Common Rule.
- Ethics and regulation of ethnographic studies and studies that involve deception.
- Privacy and confidentiality.
This course can be taken alone, or it can serve as a supplement to Ethics of Research with Human Subjects.
