Quality in Human Research through Collaborative Support, Education, and Verification

Research Quality Management is an onsite program that provides collaborative support through a variety of educational offerings and oversight verification of research processes to the university and affiliated research sites. Provided in good faith to the university research community, the Research Quality Management Office seeks to facilitate continuing best practices in the safe and ethical conduct of research with humans at the university.

The University of Manitoba has an obligation to establish processes of oversight for the conduct of human research within its institution to both support the research community and protect human research subjects. These processes must be both transparent and accountable while they facilitate and support important and useful research.

It is anticipated that there will be a future requirement for the university to achieve, maintain and exceed standards of practice in the conduct of research with humans, as established by a national accreditation body responsible for the oversight of academic institutions conducting research with humans. This is why the university is developing the Research Quality Management program.

Education

• A variety of research-specific educational activities
• Review of site-specific processes and procedures related to the conduct of research with humans
• Review of researcher responsibilities and the conduct of ethical research

Verification

• Oversight activities that include the conduct of volunteer and randomly-assigned site visits where findings will be translated into positive learning opportunities.

Evaluation

• Ongoing review of the Research Quality Management program itself.  Evaluation of the program will be sought through consultation and site visits.