Summary
Applying ethical standards and norms to research both improves its quality and advances the research, in addition to protecting the rights of research participants. Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa suffer from a low level or non-existent availability of training in research ethics despite a growing research profile and level of activities in most of these countries. Our program, The Research Ethics Education Program in Jordan, was able in the past 5-year cycle to make an impressive impact on addressing this lack of training by achieving its proposed goals and more.
