Why is there a requirement for graduate students conducting research to complete the TCPS tutorial?
Starting October 1st, 2005, new UBC Okanagan REB applications involving graduate students require that these students should have completed the TCPS tutorial prior to submission. The aim of this new requirement is to improve understanding of TCPS in the research community and, in particular, to ground junior researchers in appreciation of ethical principles and ethical conduct from the start of their careers. Another benefit may be that applications to the UBC Okanagan REB will have fewer basic flaws than have been seen in the past. The TCPS tutorial is free and can be completed in about two hours Principal Investigators have overall responsibility for the ethical conduct of research projects. It is necessary for Principal Investigators to be thoroughly familiar with the TCPS especially when supervising graduate students or teaching research methodology courses. Although undergraduate students involved in research projects are not obliged to complete the TCPS tutorial, it is strongly r
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