The Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB) and the Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research & Development (ZCHRD) will conduct a 2-day training on the Basics of Ethics Review in Research

A first of its kind to be conducted in Zamboanga del Norte, the training aims to dialogue and guide participants re moral dimensions of research and help them do and/or review ethical research.

It specifically aims to sensitize them on the basic concepts, apply these concepts to avoid, recognize, correct issues, describe the different controls for ethics in research, focusing on Institutional, Research Ethics Committee and the PHREB, and to motivate participants to do and advocate quality ethical research.

30 Participants from the Andres Bonifacio College, Philippine Advent College, Dipolog City Institute of Technology, Jose Rizal Memorial State University, and the Dipolog Medical Center College Foundation, Inc. are expected to participate in the training.

It will be held at the D’ Hotels & Suites in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte on 7-8 May 2014 with Dr. Angeles T. Alora, Dr. Evangeline O. Santos, Dr. Gloria G. Florendo, and Prof. Florence A. Alcazar as the guest speakers.