Structure and Function of Ethics Committee in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Shamima Parvin Lasker Professor & Head of Anatomy, Shahbuddin Medical College; Secretary General, Bangladesh Bioethics Society
  • Shakoor MA Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Executive Member, Bangladesh Bioethics Society
  • Arif Hossain Professor & Course Co-coordinator, Department of Human Rights, Etrat University, Vice President, Bangladesh Bioethics Society

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62865/bjbio.v13i3.43

Keywords:

Ethics committee, IRB, ERC, EC Members, Ethics Committee structure, IRB function, IRB member’s knowledge, research ethics, bioethics

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was done on 50 ethics committee members from 15 different Ethics Committee (EC) over a period of 6 months from February 2018 to June 2018 to understand the structure and function of ECs in Bangladesh. Most of the ECs were male predominant (66.3%) and maximum ECs had technical members (93.33%). Only 8.3% ECs had lay person. Forty percent of the ECs did not update SOP routinely. Most of the ECs had no provision of training for its members (79.2%) and had no budget (71.8%) for the purpose of running EC efficiently. Different ECs had different quorum to start the meeting. Maximum ECs service were voluntary (82.22%). A little less than half of the respondents (45.76%) felt that their decision had not been noted down if disagreed against majority of vote in the ECs and did not placed in the minute. Maximum respondents (88.18%) did not know whether there was any law in Bangladesh to create a EC. A big percentage (89%) of ECs did not monitored by authorized body to guide and oversee the functioning of EC. This article concluded that some ECs followed the international rules and regulation to formation and function the ECs but still a handsome number of ECs were lag behind in Bangladesh. The capacity of ECs can only be strengthened by training and various recognition/accreditation programs.

 

Author Biographies

Shamima Parvin Lasker, Professor & Head of Anatomy, Shahbuddin Medical College; Secretary General, Bangladesh Bioethics Society

Shakoor MA, Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Executive Member, Bangladesh Bioethics Society

Arif Hossain, Professor & Course Co-coordinator, Department of Human Rights, Etrat University, Vice President, Bangladesh Bioethics Society

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Published

2022-11-05

How to Cite

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Lasker SP, MA S, Hossain A. Structure and Function of Ethics Committee in Bangladesh. BJBio [Internet]. 2022 Nov. 5 [cited 2025 Feb. 9];13(3):1-7. Available from: https://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/43

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