%0 Journal Article
%T Commentary on ˇ°Measuring the Quality and Performance of Institutional Review Boardsˇ±
%A Peter Cleaton-Jones
%J Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
%@ 1556-2654
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1556264618812937
%X This commentary uses personal research ethics experience in South Africa to consider the position of Tsan who recommends a consortium to develop common metrics / performance indicators for determining quality of RECs / IRBs. Terms such as performance, quality and throughput need clarification in research metrics before effective metrics may be useful
%K decisions by university research ethics committees
%K process errors by applicants for ethics clearance
%K South Africa
%K RECs
%K IRBs
%K Emanuel framework
%K performance metrics
%K quality metrics
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1556264618812937