2008 - 28.05 - I Seminar on Ethics in Research on Human Beings of the Ethics Committee of Bahiana

The XNUMXst Seminar on Ethics in Research on Human Beings, organized by the CEP of BAHIANA, brought together leaders, counselors, teachers, students and employees. The number and attention of the participants marked the interest aroused by the event, which was opened by the institution's director, Professor Maria Luisa Soliani, who greeted everyone present and signaled her satisfaction with the holding of such an important event. Then the CEP coordinator, Professor Lucíola Crisóstomo, thanked the board of directors for the fundamental support for this seminar. BAHIANA, from the councilors who embraced the idea from the beginning, professor Roseny, secretary Mrs. Lourdes, to Nucom and the employees. He also emphasized that bringing together professors, students and staff demonstrates the academic thinking and acting, typical of a university-sized institution such as BAHIANA. Then the professor began her lecture on "Constitution and functioning of a Research Ethics Committee / the CEP of EBMSP". The lectures were followed by Professor Atson Fernandes, Professor Fernanda Grassi, Professor Marcos Almeida Matos, Professor Elizete Passos and Professor Marta Menezes. The comments of Professor Armênio Guimarães, Dr. João Carlos Telles, Professor Maria Luisa soliani, Professor Roseny, among others, enriched the reflections on ethics in research.

The main messages of this seminar focused on protecting the integrity and dignity of the research subject as the main function of the Research Ethics Committee (CEP), that is, all research involving human beings must be submitted to a CEP; respect for people, beneficence and justice should guide research with human beings; Resolution 196/96 is the guideline and must be known to everyone involved with research on human beings and the Informed Consent Form is the consent of the research subject and must be properly elaborated. 

Data presented by Professor Lucíola Crisóstomo showed the growing increase in research protocols analyzed by CEP, translating the significant growth in scientific production in all courses at the BAHIANA.