Learning Objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Discuss the benefits, challenges, and ethical reasons to conduct community-engaged research.

2. Understand and discuss the differences between community engagement, community consent, and informed consent and be able to apply each concept appropriately in reference to a given research project under consideration.

3. Consider different means by which to engage communities in domestic and international research and how to determine the desired level of engagement in research. 

Download module here.

Download the Background module on community engagement here.

Listen to "Episode 7: Moral Science", an episode of Ethically Sound, a podcast of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.