Announcement!

  9th FERCAP International Conference / General Assembly
    22-25 November 2009
    Chiangmai, Thailand

       November 22 - Pre-Conference Training
       November 23-24 - FERCAP Conference
       November 25 - General Assembly and NAREC Meeting

     Call for Abstracts
     Draft Agenda

       *Last update: June 29, 2009

  FERCAP Newsletter / March 2009

  FERCAP 2009 Activities
   7-13 May 2009
   Taichung / Taipei, Taiwan

       May 7 - Surveying and Evaluating Ethical Review Practices (Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)
       May 8-10 - Survey (China Medical University Hospital IRB, Taichung, Taiwan)
       May 9 - Social Behavior Research Workshop (Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)
       May 11-13 - Survey (Human Subject Research Ethics Committee / IRB, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
       May 12 - Social Behavior Research Workshop (Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan)

  TDR Clinical Research & Development Fellowships
   (supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

  8th FERCAP International Conference Presentations

   Pre-Conference Training
   Managing an IRB for GCP Inspection/ Audit
   1:00-5:00 pm, November 23, 2008

     IRB Compliance with Regulation [Dr. Brad Waite]
     Audit and Inspection [Dr. Allan K. Johansen]
     Managing an IRB for GCP Inspection / Audit [Dr. Allan K. Johansen]

   8th FERCAP Conference
   An International Conference on Empowering Stakeholders in Health Research:
   Towards Developing an Ethics of Accountability and Responsibility
   November 24-25, 2008

      November 24

     Defining Stakeholder Responsibilities: Towards Implementing a Duty Based Ethics [Dr. Greg Koski]
     Sustaining Networks to Empower Stakeholders in Health Research [Dr. Steven Wayling]
     Regulatory Oversight through Human Research Protection Programs [Dr. Melody Lin]
     Origin and Development of Chinese GCP and Challenges to Its Implementation [Dr. Hejian Zou]
     Promoting Human Subject Protection through the Risk Management Approach [Dr. Beat Widler]
     Responsible Clinical Monitoring of Research Implementation [Dr. Fe Esperanza Espino]
     Developing an Ethical Culture in Research through an Institutional Regulatory Compliance Office [Dr. Sukanya Linpisarn]
     Investigator Responsibilities in Conducting a Schistosomiasis Protocol in a Community Setting [Dr. Vicente Belizario]
     Investigator Responsibilities in Protecting Participants in the Conduct of Bioequivalence Studies [Dr. Cecilia C. Maramba]
     Certification for Ethics in Research Proficiency [Dr. Hwei-Ling Lee]

      November 25

     Promoting Safety of Human Participants through Better SAE Management [Dr. Bradley Waite]
     Regulatory Inspection and Quality Improvement of Korean IRBs [Dr. Young Mo Koo]
     Collective Action by Ethics Review Committees to Encourage Responsible Behavior [Dr. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake]
     Community Advisory Groups: Can they facilitate ethical research in clinical trials? [Dr. Anant Bhan]
     Demographic Factors that Influence Understanding of Clinical Trials and Research Ethics [Daegu Catholic University, Korea]
     Formulating Guidelines for the Formation of Community Advisory Boards for Ethical Research [Dr. Nusara Thaitawat]

  FERCAP Newsletter / November 2008

  8th FERCAP International Conference / General Assembly
    23-26 November 2008
    Bangkok, Thailand

       November 23 - Pre-Conference Training
       November 24-25 - FERCAP Conference
       November 26 - General Assembly and NAREC Meeting

     FERCAP Conference Agenda
     NAREC Meeting Agenda
     2008 FERCAP International Conference Registration Form
       *Last update: October 22, 2008
       *Please confirm your attendance by filling up the registration form and mailing it to Arthur Navarro. (Please click!)

  FERCAP 2008 Activities
   4-9 April 2008
   Taipei, Taiwan

       April 4 - Surveying and Evaluating Ethical Review Practices
                       (in Cathay General Hospital International Conference Room, Taipei)
       April 5-7 - Survey (in Cathay General Hospital and Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, Taipei)
       April 8-9 - GCP Training for Regulatory Authorities
                       (in Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei)

  FERCAP TRAINING PROGRAMS
    FERCAP conducts the following training
    for ethics committees, researchers, investigators, regulators and students
    that wish to improve ethical review practices:
           Human Subject Protection Course
           Standard Operating Procedure Course
           GCP Training

  WIRB Training Announcement

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FERCAP welcomes IEC/IRBs who wish to have themselves certified for quality ethical review and compliance with the requirements of the WHO Guidelines on Surveying and Evaluating Ethical Review Practices.

If you feel your IEC/IRB is qualified and you are willing to be certified or recognized as a competent and quality IEC/IRB, please contact us immediately. FERCAP can assist you to plan for training and support and assist you towards attainment of common goals.