Mehrzad Kiani
Department of medical ethics, Researcher of Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPublications
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Review Article
Investigating Awareness of Dental Residents and Professors of the Ethical Standards in Dental Researches
Author(s): Sahar Vardian Tehrani*, Shima Bazmi, Shabnam Bazmi, Mehrzad Kiani and Saedeh Atarbashi-Moghadam
Background Awareness of ethical standards and their application in conducting research is necessary because ignoring ethical issues may not only cause harm to the subjects but also lead to research ineffectiveness. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the awareness of dental residents and professors of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran, of the ethical standards in medical research. Methodology This is a descriptive cross-sectional study that was performed using a validated researcher-made questionnaire. In this study, 53 professors and 74 residents of different dental specialties participated. The data were analyzed using statistical tests and SPSS 21.00 software. Findings The male, female ratio in professors was 41.5% to 58.5% , while 62.2% of residents were fema.. Read More»