Review the main ideas. Be sure to ask any questions you have about the main ideas.
Good things can happen when we do research. The good things that can happen are called benefits.
Research benefits can be for the person in the research study or for other people in the future.
Bad things can happen to people in research.
The bad things that can happen are called harms or risks.
Examples include hurting someone’s body or feeling sad.
Research ethics are about making sure people are treated well and that their rights are respected when they are in research.
Research ethics are also about making sure more good things happen than bad things when we do research.
Practice using these ideas with the discussion questions.
When you think about research, what pictures or words do you think about? What feelings do you have?
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What do you think would be a good experience with research?
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What do you think would be a bad experience with research?
4. How do you think good experiences with research studies in the past might make people feel about being in research studies now?
5. Why is it important to have rules for research with people?