Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee (EC) of the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E) of the Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC) was established in 2010 to ensure compliance with ethical standards in all research conducted at UICISA: E and comment on ethical issues raised by ESEnfC.
The EC is comprised of seven members, five of whom are external to ESEnfC:
- Filomena Botelho, President
- Rogério Rodrigues, Vice President
- Margarida Abrantes
- Sofia Nunes
- Marília Neves
- Carla Barbosa
- Rui Cruz
Please find below instructions for submitting an internal opinion request to this Ethics Committee.
- - Download the form to fill in electronically (signature only needs to be handwritten or digital);
- - Save the signed form along with the other requested documents (in the order shown on the form) in a single PDF file;
- - Submit your request, along with the PDF file, to cetica_uicisa@esenfc.pt, addressed to the President of the EC.
The Ethics Committee convenes on a monthly basis. At each meeting, the Committee reviews and analyzes requests submitted by the last day of the previous month.
Note:
- - The Ethics Committee (EC) meets on a monthly basis, so the requests submitted by the last day of the month prior to the month of the meeting will be reviewed at each meeting.
- - According to the Clinical Research Law, the EC responsible for evaluating the research project is the one belonging to the institution where the research will take place.
- - Whenever a research project involves conducting a scientific study, such as for a master’s or doctoral (or other) program, and whenever there will be clinical follow-up or access to health data, the author of the research study must obtain an opinion from the EC of the educational institution where they are enrolled, but also from the EC of the health institution where they will conduct the clinical component or access the data.
- - The review of one EC does not replace the review of the other EC.
- - The EC of the educational institution can only give its opinion if it has all the necessary elements, namely the authorization of the health institution to conduct the research (or, alternatively, the favorable opinion of the EC of the health institution).
