Professional Practice & Ethics Flashcards
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Which of the following is a key responsibility of a Good Clinical Practice (GCP)-trained investigator?
Answer: Protecting the rights, safety, and wellbeing of trial participants
GCP principles place paramount importance on protecting participant rights, safety, and wellbeing throughout the trial.
A healthcare scientist suspects a medical device they use is causing patient harm. Under UK regulations, they should:
Answer: Report it through the MHRA Yellow Card scheme and their institution's incident reporting system
Adverse incidents involving medical devices must be reported to the MHRA and through internal incident reporting to protect patient safety.
What is 'equipoise' in the context of a randomised controlled trial?
Answer: Genuine uncertainty about which treatment arm is superior, justifying randomisation
Clinical equipoise means there is genuine uncertainty in the expert medical community about the comparative merits of interventions, making randomisation ethically justified.
In the context of STP professional registration, which body grants HCPC registration to healthcare scientists in the UK?
Answer: The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
The HCPC is the statutory regulator that grants and maintains registration for healthcare scientists, including those completing the STP.
A laboratory scientist obtains results that do not support the hypothesis favoured by the research team. What should they do?
Answer: Report the results accurately regardless of their alignment with the hypothesis
Scientific integrity requires reporting all results accurately; selective reporting constitutes publication bias and potentially research misconduct.
What is the primary ethical concern with 'covert research' in healthcare settings?
Answer: It violates participant autonomy by denying them the chance to consent or refuse
Covert research is ethically problematic because participants are denied the opportunity to exercise their right to consent or refuse participation.
Which of the following best describes 'responsible innovation' in scientific practice?
Answer: Anticipating societal impacts, involving stakeholders, and adapting research to be ethically and socially acceptable
Responsible innovation requires anticipating impacts, inclusive stakeholder engagement, reflexivity, and responsiveness to emerging ethical concerns.