Table 5.

Summary of methods used for Institutional assessment of research ethics

	Component	Description	Respondents
1	Review of published documents	1.University Research Strategy
		2.Policy on Ethics and Ethical conduct in research
		3.Guidelines on the ethical conduct of research involving humans as participants at the University of Botswana
		4.Application for IRB approval for research involving human participants
		5.Checklist for ethical review by the IRB members
2	Institutional Survey	Focuses on current research ethics capacity, organizational and operational structures, practices, training, policies, funding, and human resources.	Institutional leaders
3	In-depth interviews	Interviews conducted with the aim of exploring key facts and activities by institution in the areas of health research, research ethics and bioethics.	•Departmental heads
			•Research ethics committee chairs
			•Senior academics
			•Researcher representatives
4	Focus group discussions	To assess experiences with ethics training, ethics review procedures, and institutional relationships.	•IRB members
			•Researchers
			•Research staff
			•Graduate student representatives
5	Survey of IRB Representatives	An individual survey focusing on perception of IRB operations and needs	Members of the IRB