The second preparation meeting for the establishment of Shanghai Center for Evaluation (Demonstration) of Medical Ethics Committee and seminar on jointly promoting construction of Shanghai medical ethic review system was successfully held
The second preparation meeting for the establishment of Shanghai Center for Evaluation (Demonstration) of Medical Ethics Committee and seminar on jointly promoting construction of Shanghai medical ethic review system was successfully held.
The second preparation meeting for the establishment of Shanghai Center for Evaluation (Demonstration) of Medical Ethics Committee and seminar on jointly promoting construction of Shanghai medical ethic review system was successfully held on the afternoon of 26 October 2018. The meeting was co-hosted by SCRC’s Director Gan Rongxing, and Ma Qiang, former Chair of Ethics Branch of Chinese Medical Association (CMA) and Honorary Chair of Shanghai Medical Ethics Association. Gao Chanqin, Vice Director of SCRC, Hu Qingli, Director of SECCR, Xi Yiqun, Chair of Scientific Research Ethics Branch of Shanghai Medical Association, Wu Rong, former Chair of of Scientific Research Ethics Branch of Shanghai Medical Association, Yang Fang (by the letter on soliciting opinions due to his leave), Chair of Shanghai Medical Ethics Association, and Chen Pei, former Standing Vice Chair of the Association attended the meeting. Meanwhile, the meeting welcomed the visit of Zhan Kan, Director of SMCHFP’s Science and Education Bureau and experts of the association, Wang Tong, Director of Publicity Bureau, Fang Binghua, Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center, and Tan Ming, and Standing Vice Chair of Shanghai Medical Association.
The meeting witnessed the demonstration report on establishing the center for evaluation (demonstration) of medical ethic review and heated discussions and the consensus on the “joint promotion of building Shanghai medical ethic review system” for the present as follows.
Firstly, to promote establishment of medical ethic review system is of urgent necessity for the development of 21st-century life science and medical health services. It is in compliance with the requirements of national conference on health and hygiene and the actual demand for medical and scientific development in our country. Therefore, Shanghai shall create favorable condition and build as soon as possible the concerned mechanism and body corporate under the primary guidance of the government. The mechanism and body corporate will comply with market rules, and be specifically applied to demonstration, evaluation and quality improvement of medical ethic review towards the institutions.
Secondly, Shanghai, as one of the cities with earliest conduction of medical ethic teaching, research and review, boasted of active academic research, and strong medical innovation, numerous medical institutes. In Shanghai, the total number of medical research subjects always ranked top, where a lot of experts in medical ethics and life ethics were attracted together. In addition, Shanghai saw a good development of the ethics committees in many medical institutes, medical units and medical colleges and the advantage and features of sound organization of the relevant associations. In brief, Shanghai had the favorable basic condition for building the professional institution for evaluation (demonstration)of medical ethic review system.
Thirdly, SCRC, as the first domestic institution under complete guidance of the government, boasted of comprehensive advantage of latest medical clinical research. As a core institution of and resources service public platform for doing clinical research on innovation drug that was in compliance with international norms and technological standards, SCRC had its own endowed advantages and social responsibilities. Therefore, it could provide support in terms of site, personnel and funds.
The various parties attending the meeting agreed to join in establishing the system of “joint conference on system construction of Shanghai medical ethic review”, “steering committee of Shanghai medical ethic review system construction” with experts as the main body, and setting up in SCRC a secretariat, namely the working platform, and impelling building the center for Shanghai medical ethic review system and evaluation (demonstration). The meeting also passed the Consensus on 26 October 2018. The experts and leaders attending this meeting also included Zhao Rong, Director of Medical Services Department of Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center, Wang Jianping, Vice Director of SMCHFP’s Science and Education Bureau, as well as the relevant leaders, Yang Jiahong and Lin Yun, etc. |