The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) through the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB) wil host the 14th FERCAP International Forum and 1st PHREB National Forum on November 23-26, 2014 in Tagaytay City with the theme, "Embedding Health Research in the National Health Research Systems".
The topics are on (1) Challenges and Issues in Health Research Regulations; (2) Empowerment of Research Participants; (3) Effective Governance in Health Research; (4) Models of Health Research Systems; (5) Role of Community Representatives in Research Ethics; (6) Conflict of Interests in Health Research; (7) Indicators of Ethical Health Research Systems; and (8) 2013 Helsinki and Health Research System.
The annual FERCAP International Conference will feature technical sessions that will enable members of Ethics Review Committees (ERCs) as well as researchers and sponsors to learn the latest models of integrated quality ethics review systems. The Philippine hosting of the FERCAP conference will help local ERCs to understand and improve in the review of health researches. The conference will serve as a venue where ERC members, researchers, and institutions engaged in conducting behavioral and biomedical researches share information on the development of standard operating procedures, ethical guidelines, and activites to educate members of the ethics review committee.
The conference fee is Php 5,000.00 per participant. For further inquiries, kindly contact the PCHRD at (02) 837-7535 to 37; 837-2071 to 82 loc. 2110 to 2113.
