Ihn Sook Jeong; Mee Ock Gu; Keum Soon Kim; Kwang Ja Lee; Soo Yang

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Educational Needs Assessment on Research Ethics among Nursing Researchers: Ihn Sook Jeong, Mee Ock Gu, Keum Soon Kim, Kwang Ja Lee, Soo Yang; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2010;40(4):515-523.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.4.515
Published online: August 31, 2010

¹Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.

²Professor, College of Nursing, Gerontological Health Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.

³Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

⁴Professor, College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

⁵Professor, College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Jeong, Ihn Sook. College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Beomeo-ri, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan 626-870, Korea. Tel: 82-51-510-8342, Fax: 82-51-510-8308, jeongis@pusan.ac.kr

• Received: April 11, 2010 • Accepted: August 10, 2010

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Purpose
This study aimed to investigate the educational needs of research ethics among nursing researchers.
Methods
Convenience sample of 161 nursing professors and 262 master or doctoral nursing students participated in the study. Data was collected with self-reported questionnaire from June to August 2009, and analyzed with descriptive statistics using SPSS WIN (version 14.0).
Results
Among 161 nursing professors, about 31.7% has educated nursing ethics in the postgraduate course. The most common course was nursing research or methodology (62.7%), and median education time was 2 hr. Areas that showed difficulty in understanding was the conflict of interest and plagiarism for professors and falsification and fabrication for graduate students. Average knowledge on the research ethics was 75.4 points for professors and 61.6 points for students based on the 100 points.
Conclusion
Educational needs of research ethics among nursing professors and students in the postgraduate course was high. We recommend both basic and advanced research ethics educational programs for the nursing researchers. The basic course should be at least 6 hr and include various cases and something to discuss.
Keywords: Nursing; Ethics; Research; Education; Needs assessment

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Table 1

Characteristics of Research Ethics Courses Provided by Nursing Professors (N=51)

APN=advanced practice nurse; ICR=Interquartile range.

Table 2

Characteristics of Taking Educational Programs on Research Ethics

^*Only the persons who said 'Yes' in the item of "Taking research ethics education before being professor/in the graduate course" can respond to this item (N=37 for professor, N=156 for graduate student). ICR=Interquartile range.

Table 3

Research Ethics Areas Where The Participants Felt Difficult or Had Educational Experience^*

^*Multiple responses.

Table 4

Awareness of Necessity on Research Ethics Education^*

^*Frequency and percent of 'agree' or 'strongly agree' answers.

Table 5

Knowledge on the Research Ethics

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Educational Needs Assessment on Research Ethics among Nursing Researchers

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2010;40(4):515-523. Published online August 31, 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.4.515

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Educational Needs Assessment on Research Ethics among Nursing Researchers

Table 1

Characteristics of Research Ethics Courses Provided by Nursing Professors (N=51)

APN=advanced practice nurse; ICR=Interquartile range.

Table 2

Characteristics of Taking Educational Programs on Research Ethics

Table 3

Research Ethics Areas Where The Participants Felt Difficult or Had Educational Experience^*

^*Multiple responses.

Table 4

Awareness of Necessity on Research Ethics Education^*

^*Frequency and percent of 'agree' or 'strongly agree' answers.

Table 5

Knowledge on the Research Ethics

Table 1 Characteristics of Research Ethics Courses Provided by Nursing Professors (N=51)

APN=advanced practice nurse; ICR=Interquartile range.

Table 2 Characteristics of Taking Educational Programs on Research Ethics

Table 3 Research Ethics Areas Where The Participants Felt Difficult or Had Educational Experience*

^*Multiple responses.

Table 4 Awareness of Necessity on Research Ethics Education*

^*Frequency and percent of 'agree' or 'strongly agree' answers.

Table 5 Knowledge on the Research Ethics