CITI Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative CITI Program Latin
CITI Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative CITI Program Latin American and Caribbean Activities 2008 -2009 Sergio Litewka M. D. M. P. H CITI Developers Meeting Key West, Florida May 21 st 2009
Pan American Bioethics Initiative Fogarty. NIH R 25 TW 008186 CITI- University of Miami Ethics Programs
PABI Mission Statement • To provide selected policy architects and decision leaders a platform from which to learn from expert faculty and to help overcome practical challenges to the establishment of research ethics programs at their institutions • To establish a language and cultural appropriate program at each participating organization • To recruit additional PABI fellows from institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean • To ensure sustainability and maintain top-level institutional buy-in
PABI activities- First year • Introductory meeting in Miami (January 16 th 17 th 2009) • Initial report by fellows (proposed activities) • Workshops : The importance of a continuous educational program on research ethics • • • Tegucigalpa (Honduras) May 29 th 2009 Buenos Aires (Argentina) August 28 th 2009 Brasilia (Brazil) October 2 nd 2009 Kingston ( Jamaica) Maceio (Brazil) October 5 th-6 th 2009 - OHRP and PABI Lima (Peru) November 6 th 2009
CITI in the Caribbean • To held a public forum en ethical issues related to genetically modified foods for developing countries • Appointed a member on the recently established National Bioethics Committee in Jamaica • Focus on establishing a University Ethics Centre • • Draft proposal circulating for comments Meetings with stakeholders Audit on current ethics courses Discussions on place towards the implementation of specific CITI modules in a mandatory undergraduate course
CITI training – Department of the Navy NMRCD October 2007: 274 NMRCD research staff and collaborators April 2008: 339 NMRCD research staff and collaborators in Apr 08 May 2009: 447 NMRCD research staff and collaborators in May 08
CITI PERU, CITI MEMBERS: 859
Institutions in Lima participating in CITI Peru (613)
LITEWKA S, GOODMAN K, BRAUNSCHWEIGER P. THE CITI PROGRAM: AN ALTERNATIVE FOR TEACHING RESEARCH ETHICS IN LATIN AMERICA. Acta bioeth. [online]. 2008, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 54 -60. ISSN 1726 -569 X.
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