{"id":16260,"date":"2025-11-06T05:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usep.edu.ph\/rdd\/?p=16260"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:25:51","slug":"%f0%9d%97%9f%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%9e-usep-strengthens-institutional-readiness-toward-establishing-a-research-ethics-committee-through-bret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usep.edu.ph\/rdd\/2025\/11\/06\/%f0%9d%97%9f%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%a2%f0%9d%97%9e-usep-strengthens-institutional-readiness-toward-establishing-a-research-ethics-committee-through-bret\/","title":{"rendered":"[\ud835\udddf\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddde] USeP strengthens institutional readiness toward establishing a research ethics committee through BRET"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP), through the Research and Development Division (R&DD), successfully conducted the two-day Basic Research Ethics Training (BRET) on November 4\u20135, 2025, at the University Training Hall, USeP Obrero Campus, Davao City. This training marks a strategic capacity-building milestone in preparing for the establishment of the USeP Committee on Research Ethics (USePCRE), ensuring that the University\u2019s research ecosystem becomes aligned with national ethical standards and global best practices.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

BRET forms part of USeP\u2019s continuing efforts to uphold responsible, values-driven, and participant-protective research across its campuses, projects, and academic units. This initiative was conducted in partnership with the Regional Ethics Monitoring Board XI (REMB XI) and the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB), and supported by the Department of Science and Technology \u2013 Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD). Such collaboration becomes increasingly crucial as the University expands research engagements in both national and international settings.<\/p>\n

Anchored on developing proficiency in applying research ethics principles and guidelines, the training deepened participants\u2019 understanding of research ethics oversight, from its historical roots to the practical application of beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, and respect for persons in ethical review procedures, SOPs, and institutional frameworks.<\/p>\n

The program opened with the grounding message of Dr. Roger C. Montepio, Vice President for Research, Development, and Extension, who emphasized that research becomes meaningful only when it protects the people it touches. This was reinforced by the Message of Support from University President Dr. Bonifacio G. Gabales Jr., reaffirming USeP\u2019s commitment to foster research that is not only rigorous and innovative but also ethical, humane, and socially accountable.<\/p>\n

BRET resource speakers Dr. Dorothy M. Dimaandal and Dr. Alvin S. Concha guided the participants through intensive lectures, buzz group discussions, applied case analyses, and institutional reflection sessions, encouraging participants to move beyond conceptual understanding and toward actual ethical reasoning and decision-making.<\/p>\n

Day 1 focused on foundational concepts, the language of research ethics, and the guiding principles that shape the construction and conduct of research protocols. Day 2 transitioned into governance, REC responsibilities, types of review, SOPs, and the ethical challenges emerging in the context of accelerated publication pressures and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

R&DD Director Dr. Merlina H. Juruena also presented ongoing groundwork for USePCRE, underscoring how USeP is actively strengthening documentation, policy architecture, and alignment with national ethical standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not only training individuals. We are capacitating a future institutional system<\/em>,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n

Participants expressed appreciation that BRET did not merely transfer knowledge, but cultivated ethical responsiveness, a discipline of thinking and acting that protects research participants, strengthens credibility, and safeguards trust in research outputs.<\/p>\n

As USeP continues to move toward becoming a fully ethics-compliant institution with its own research ethics committee, the R&DD aims to sustain this momentum through continuous capability-building initiatives. Another batch of BRET is being eyed for the first quarter of 2026 as part of the University\u2019s phased preparation for the full operationalization of USePCRE.<\/p>\n

USeP remains steadfast in championing research that transforms communities, anchored on respect, equity, protection, and responsible stewardship.<\/p>\n

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