PhD Ethics Application
The researcher was directed at this point by the Chief Investigator to access and complete an ‘Application For Approval To Undertake Research Involving Human Participants’ through the University of Wollongong/ Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and after meeting with the UOW Statistics Team in May 2012 the submission was tendered by the Chief Investigator.
Whilst awaiting approval of the HREC application, on a visit to the University of Wollongong campus in late July 2012 the researcher met with the Chief Investigator to discuss the selection of ten (10) interview questions from an amassed draft of ninety-six (96) to guide conversations with potential research participants.
After much deliberation it was determined that strategically an event which brought all of the key protagonists together being ‘international industry leaders, academics and representatives from the wearable computing domain for the purpose of interviews’ would be a powerful additional outcome for the research project, potentially providing opportunities for additional primary stakeholder data collection, all pending approval of the project Ethics application.
