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Etisk förhandsprövning av studentarbeten: lärosätenas ansvar
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2170-3496
Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of School Development and Leadership (SOL). Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9795-3005
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9819-2474
2024 (Swedish)In: Högre Utbildning, E-ISSN 2000-7558, Vol. 14, no 2Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Hur vanligt är det att studenter bedriver projekt som inbegriper etiskt känsligt innehåll? I denna artikel redogörs för en undersökning rörande ett högskolepedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete som avser formaliserad etikprövning av studentuppsatser. Undersökningen inbegriper uppsatser som examinerats och godkänts vid fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle vid Malmö universitet under åren 2014–2017. Med etiskt känsligt innehåll avses här känsliga personuppgifter samt intervenerande metoder, som vid forskning kräver etikprövning enligt lag (2003:460) om etikprövning av forskning som avser människor. Av totalt 1215 granskade uppsatser hade 277 (22,8 %) etiskt känsligt innehåll; vanligast var känsliga personuppgifter avseende hälsa. 165 (13.6 %) uppsatser innehöll sådana uppgifter. Etiskt känsligt innehåll var mer vanligt förekommande i uppsatser på avancerad nivå (32,9 %) än på grundnivå (20,4 %). Var femte student på grundnivå genomförde alltså studier som skulle ha krävt Etikprövningsmyndighetens godkännande om de hade varit forskare.

Enligt fakultetens riktlinjer ska samtliga studentarbeten med ett innehåll som skulle ha krävt förhandsprövning vid forskning förhandsprövas av fakultetens etikråd för studentarbeten. Men endast 191 av de 277 uppsatser (68,9%) som borde ha genomgått sådan handläggning passerade etikrådet. Implementeringen av formaliserad etikprövning av uppsatsprojekt tycks fungera bäst då studentens handledare är forskarutbildad och kan antas ha egen erfarenhet av etikprövning. Vår undersökning visade också att etikprövningen implementerats i olika grad vid olika institutioner. I artikeln diskuteras möjliga förklaringar till denna skillnad.

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Ethical Review of Student Projects: The Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions

How common is it for students to undertake projects involving ethically sensitive content? This article presents a study on higher education pedagogical development project concerning the formalized ethical review of student essays. The survey included essays that were examined and approved at the Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö university during 2014–2017. Ethically sensitive content refers here to sensitive personal data and intervention methods that, in research, require ethical review according to the Act (2003:460) on ethical review of research involving humans. Out of a total of 1215 examined thesis, 277 (22.8%) contained ethically sensitive content; the most common being personal health-related data. 165 (13.6%) essays contained such information. Advanced level theses had a higher prevalence of ethically sensitive content (32.9%) compared to undergraduate theses (20.4%). This indicates that a significant proportion of undergraduate students undertook projects involving content that would require ethical review if they were researchers.

The faculty’s guidelines stipulate that all student works containing content requiring prior ethical review in research, should be reviewed by the faculty’s ethics council. However, only 68.9% of the essays that necessitated such review passed the ethics council, indicating a gap in compliance with ethical review processes. The study suggests that the effectiveness of formalized ethical review of thesis projects is enhanced when the student’s supervisor holds a doctoral degree, likely due to their familiarity and experience with ethical review procedures. Furthermore, the research highlights variations in the implementation of ethical review across different departments within the faculty. The article delves into possible reasons for these discrepancies.

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Cappelen Damm AS, 2024. Vol. 14, no 2
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Ethics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-69716DOI: 10.23865/hu.v14.5452Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85199192540OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-69716DiVA, id: diva2:1880945
Available from: 2024-07-02 Created: 2024-07-02 Last updated: 2024-08-14Bibliographically approved

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