Table 1 Characteristics of RECs in the study
Biomedical Research Ethics Committees | Proposals reviewed | REC Composition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | Medicine, density and pharmacy For research conducted at university hospital | Seven professors, retired professors | ||
Jordan | Social, medical/health/clinical research proposals Investigational, clinical, and pharmaceutical proposals Approval for research by academic faculty and hospital staff | 20 members, different disciplines; includes quality control representatives for international guidelines | ||
Oman | Medical research | Researchers, healthcare providers from same/outside institution (physicians, nurses, radiology, faculty). Researchers from college of medicine and of science | ||
Tunisia | bioethical advice | Advisory committee No information on composition | ||
United Arab Emirates [1] | medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, and health sciences colleges | Members from medical colleges | ||
United Arab Emirates [2] | clinical trial observational and interventional research sponsored by pharma companies, medical reviews, tissue and cell studies, social science studies | N/A | ||
Morocco | Review observational, interventional and therapeutic studies | Self-appointed committee 11 members with diverse backgrounds (social sciences and biomedical sciences) | ||
Social Science Research Ethics Committees | Proposals Reviewed | REC Composition | ||
Egypt | Social sciences, and research by biology department | Six to seven reviewers in committee different backgrounds (internal and external member) | ||
Jordan | Medical, health, and social science proposals | Members selected based on ethics expertise/certification New members and president selected by the dean of research | ||
Oman | Clinical, biomedical, clinical and health science, General academic research (human subjects research) | N/A | ||
United Arab Emirates | Humanities, education and social science research | N/A | ||