The program is designed to develop student’s clinical and public health research knowledge and skills through longitudinal courses over the first five years of the curriculum on research methodology, epidemiology and information technology. Students are provided early exposure and participation in research activities through the community project and other research initiatives with assistance and mentoring by the faculty affiliated to our Global Health and Biotechnology Research Center and using our Knowledge Center.
O&Med is committed to preparing medical doctors who will not only be able to adequately integrate an evidence-based approach in their clinical practice, but will also document their practice, generate relevant research and publish further evidence on clinical, epidemiological and public health topics related to their scope of action. The Research Department of our Medical School will involve an Institutional Review Board (IRB), responsible for reviewing and orienting students’ research initiatives in accordance to the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, the Nuremberg Code, and the Helsinki Declaration.
Institutional Review Board (IRB)The IRB is a multidisciplinary team responsible for deep analysis of research projects with a scientific and ethical perspective on the research protocols that favors the protection of the rights and dignity of participants. This body oversees the methodological standardization that safeguards the dignity, rights and welfare of participants above feasibility of the study in question.