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A Conceptual Framework for Enhancing Medical Ethics Review Quality in Maternity Hospitals: Integrating RBV and PDCA

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: HRMARS - Medical ethics review quality (MERQ) is essential for protecting research participants and supporting credible clinical research in maternity hospitals. Because obstetric and gynecological research often involves vulnerable populations, review efficiency and scientific quality have become important governance concerns. This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework linking resources, ethical learning capacity, and medical ethics review quality. A standardized ethics review system and ethics training resources are proposed as organizational resources that strengthen ethical learning capacity through the PDCA cycle. Ethical learning capacity is proposed to improve review efficiency and scientific quality. This paper focuses primarily on the conceptual level and draws on existing literature on medical ethics review, resource-based view theory (RBV), and continuous quality improvement. Future studies are needed to empirically test the proposed conceptual relationships.

Source: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

DOI: 10.6007/ijarbss/v16-i6/28472

Authors: Xuenan Zhang, Theresa C. F. Ho, Poh Chuin Teo, Qingxia Yang

Institution: University of Technology Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7166436744