CME on ‘Ethics in Clinical Research’ was held in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar on Saturday. The theme of the CME was to spread awareness regarding ethics in practice and research among medical professionals.
Eminent national faculties from various prestigious institutions of the country delivered guest lecture during the meeting. The speakers included Dr Renu Saxena, Dr YK Gupta, Dr SC Dash, Dr S Kar, Dr Siddharth Das and Dr Sauren Das, who discussed about ethics in medical research, role of ethical committee, drug development and trials, good clinical practice, ethics in clinical trials and patenting, medical negligence, community based research and writing of research paper.
Director General of ICMR and Research Cell Secretary Prof VM Katoch attended the occasion as the chief guest while Utkal University Vice-Chancellor Prof PK Sahoo was another guest. AIIMS Bhubaneswar Director Prof AK Mahapatra and AIIMS Bhubaneswar Dean Dr Vikas Bhatia also spoke.