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. 2024 Jan 23:11:2333794X231224989.
doi: 10.1177/2333794X231224989. eCollection 2024.

Assessment of Research Ethics Knowledge of Pediatricians

Kamran Salayev  1   2 , Ulviyya Aslanova  2 , Narmin Guliyeva  1 , Geray Geraybeyli  1 , Kerim Munir  3   4
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Assessment of Research Ethics Knowledge of Pediatricians

Kamran Salayev et al. Glob Pediatr Health. .

Abstract

Objectives. To assess knowledge of ethics knowledge among child healthcare professionals. Methods. We translated the Test of Residents' Ethics Knowledge for Pediatrics (TREK-P) in Azeri and administered it to: (i) third-year medical students (n = 21), (ii) pediatrics residents (n = 24), (iii) practicing pediatricians (n = 21), and (iv) fellows (n = 9) who participated in a Fogarty International Center/National Institute of Health (Fogarty/NIH) R25 research ethics education program. The difference in the TREK-P score between the groups and the correlation between the TREK-P score and other factors were evaluated. Results. The fellows scored significantly higher than the other groups (P = .006). There was no significant difference between the other 3 groups. Within a joined group of pediatricians and fellows, previous training on ethics was the only factor that correlated with the higher TREK-P scores (P < .05). Conclusions. The higher scores in fellows support the effectiveness of postgraduate Fogarty/NIH training programs in research ethics.

Keywords: TREK-P; ethics; knowledge; pediatrics; professionalism.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Rate of correct answers in 4 groups of participants.
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Rate of correct answers in 4 groups of our participants (gray) and reported original data (red).
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