Learning Objectives
Students should be able to:
- Understand why children are a vulnerable population and why special safeguards are needed to protect children as research participants.
- Understand the differences between pre-event and post-event MCM research and the ethical challenges of research with children in each context.
- Describe conditions under which pre-event MCM research with children is ethically permissible.
- Understand the protections afforded to pediatric research participants in the federal regulations, particularly the minimal risk standard.
Download module here.
Download the Background module on vulnerable populations here.
Listen to "Episode 1: Safeguarding Children", an episode of Ethically Sound, a podcast of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
