APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH STANDARD APPLIED: A CASE STUDY OF KING MONGKUT’S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG

Abstract

Conducting research or experiments on humans and creatures has contributed to advancement in science and modern healthcare, and that definitely enables us to have a better life quality. Considering the research standard as the key guidelines and criteria for a single standard research system management, the present research that was carried out at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand, aimed to understand the operation of the research standard and research ethics of educational institutions and to design an application program on a smartphone to follow up the aforementioned research standard and research ethics. This research consisted of three different stages; that is, Stage One involved surveying the operation of the research standard and research ethics of educational institutions; Stage Two focused on designing an application program on a smartphone to follow up the research standard and research ethics; and Stage Three was the pilot study and evaluation for an efficacy of the application program. The research findings were greatly essential for stakeholders in gaining more knowledge about ethical research practices in humans and promoting information about the operation in the research standard and research ethics of educational institutions in order to keep the research procedures secured and conduct research underlying the ethical and appropriate academic practice.