Annual Report 2023

Bioethics Support Section

Waki Toya

Introduction

 The Bioethics Support Section was established in August 2023 and is engaged in clinical and research ethics at the NCC Hospital East.

The Team and What We Do

 [Medical ethics-related tasks]

1.  Consultations regarding operations within the hospital; Complying with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information when conducting operational trials outside of research and introducing equipment related to patient services, etc.

2.  Participation in medical ethics consultation team

3.  Participation in various working groups

 [Research ethics-related tasks]

1.  Research ethics consultation: Consultation on clinical research

2.  Training and development: Lectures in clinical research seminars, etc.

 We also conduct research on research ethics and bioethics.

Research Activities

 We gave one academic conference presentation (symposium) and published one paper on bioethics topics. In addition, we gave two academic conference presentations (one of which was a symposium) on research ethics consultation.

Education

 We give lectures several times a year at the NCC Clinical Research Seminar and participate in clinical ethics seminars.