LEARNING ZONE
The Learning Zone is a curated repository offering free, on-demand training courses designed to build technical capacity, standardize oversight, and support continuous professional development for Research Ethics Committees (RECs), Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), and clinical trial regulators. Developed in partnership with the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials (MRCT) Center and the WHO Academy, these self-paced modules cover foundational bioethics, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and interventional study review.
The MRCT Center leads the technical workstreams of TRACE, specifically capacity building, accreditation models, ethics reliance frameworks, and the development of sustainable financing mechanisms for NECs.
Please find below a list of online training materials from the center:
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ICH E8 (R1) Introductory Overview: A video guide on general considerations for clinical studies.
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ICH E6 (R3) Good Clinical Practice (GCP): A deep dive into responsibilities, oversight, data governance, and informed consent.
The WHO Academy is the World Health Organization's learning centre, bringing the latest innovations for training health professionals and promoting health literacy.
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WHO Good Practices for Clinical Trial Design and Implementation: Supports understanding and application of key ethical, scientific principles for designing and conducting high-quality, impactful clinical trials.
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Research Ethics: Covers the ethical challenges that global health research raises and how to apply ethical concepts to advance ethically sound research.
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Ethics and Review of Interventional Clinical Research (Part 1): Covers the introduction to ethics review, product development pathways, and study design.
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Ethics and Review of Interventional Clinical Research (Part 2): This follow-up will cover REC operations, participant safety, and maintaining high-quality committees.
Please find below a list of online modules related to clinical research and ethics: