Public health and research ethics education: the experience of developing a new cadre of bioethicists at a Ugandan institution

Table 2 Participants of the MUREEP non-degree research ethics courses

Course	Trainees	No. of trainees
Critical Reasoning in Research Ethics	MPH-RE students	17
Foundations of research ethics	MPH-RE students, faculty, research assistants, REC Chairperson	44
Grant writing	MPH-RE students, faculty, non-MPH-RE postgraduate students, Residents, researchers at MUST and BSU	55
Public Health Research Ethics	MPH-RE students	17
Regulation of Research and Policies	MPH-RE students, REC members and administrators, regulatory officer, administrators, researchers, doctoral students, faculty at MUST, BSU, KAB and KIU-WC	68
Responsible Conduct of Research	MPH-RE students, non-MPH-RE postgraduate students, Residents, faculty, research assistants, REC members and administrators, data management officers, researchers, doctoral students, staff at MUST, BSU, KAB and KIU-WC	382
Skills for teaching Research Ethics	MPH-RE students and selected faculty from BSU & KAB	26

Key: MPH-RE – Master of Public Health with Research Ethics; REC – Research Ethics Committee; BSU – Bishop Stuart University, KAB – Kabale University, KIU-WC – Kampala International University-Western Campus

ISSN: 1472-6920