Research ethics
Honor Code of PSU Academic Honesty
Researchers can submit documents for the ethical review of human research to the Human Research Ethics Committee, both inside and outside the university. Please study the required steps/ guidelines and prepare certification of Human Research Ethics from various institutions (all researchers in a project, e.g., student, supervisor, co-supervisor, etc. must have the certificate for each). There are several online training courses, for example:
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
https://about.citiprogram.org
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
https://www.sbm.org/training/good-clinical-practice-for-social-and-behavioral-research-elearning-course
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
https://gcp.nidatraining.org/about
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
https://www.nih.gov/
After the learner obtains their certificate, it needs for the application of human research ethics along with a detailed research proposal and other relevant documents (forms were provided in each institution website). Researchers must complete and investigate all information and attached documents before submission, especially students need to discuss and review by their advisors/ co-advisors. After submission, the committee will review the documents and may request additional information or corrections.
To note that this information serves as a preliminary guideline only. Researchers should thoroughly verify the details from the official institution website to ensure accuracy. There are the internal institution providing service of human research ethics as follow:
Human Research Ethics Committee, Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University
https://research.psu.ac.th/rid/
Center for Social and Behavioral sciences, Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University
https://www.nur.psu.ac.th/irb_psu/indexEN.aspx
Please study steps/ guidelines for a Permission of Animal Care and Use, and consider that the animals in your research project require certification under this criteria. At least one researcher in the project must obtain a certificate from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) for on requesting a license of Animal Care and Use https://thaiiacuc.nrct.go.th/. This certificate must be included in the application submitted to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Prince of Songkla University. Researchers must download the necessary documents at https://research.psu.ac.th/rid/animal/, complete forms and verify the accuracy of the attached documents before submission (students need to discuss and review by their advisors/ co-advisors). After submission, the committee will review the documents and may request additional information or corrections.