An online course for the members of India’s Ethics Committees and Indian professionals engaged in bio-medical research involving human participants
This course is intended for members of India's institutional ethics committees and institutional review boards (including secretarial staff) and professionals engaged in biomedical research involving human participants
Self-Paced; enroll and complete the course at any time
Video lectures Presentation slides MCQs Additional resources
Self-paced courses can be completed by participants at their own pace. This course do not have deadlines for enrollment/assignment submission. Participants can learn in their own time and schedule as per their flexibility and convenience .
Once you secure the cut off scores in assignments (50% in each assignment), participants will become eligible for collecting e-certificate. Certificate will be delivered to your enrolled email id at the given dates
ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE) offers NIE-ICMR-WHO online course NIeCer 102: Ethics Review of Health Research. . The course is technically supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), India. The course will provide the fundamentals of ethical issues in biomedical research involving human participants and provide updates on research ethics guidelines in India.
This is a self-paced course. The participants can go through the learning materials and submit the self-assessment quiz at any-time after the enrolment into the course.
Once the participant have cleared the minimum score requirement (>=50%), the participant may not be allowed to submit the assignment again If 50% is not reached in any of the assignment, you will be allowed to take the test again You will get the assignment scores for each assignments immediately after submission. You shall also check the assignment scores in the progress tab of your course page No deadline for assignment submission
Course Process
Enrollment will open throughout the year
Video lectures, handouts, transcripts, reading/resource materials available in the course page
Complete the quiz by scoring >=50% in each assignment
e-certificate will be awarded to the successful course participants based on the score of ≥50% in each assignment