Percepção de estudantes do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (ProfETP) a respeito do processo de submissão de protocolos de pesquisa ao Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do IFTO do campus de Palmas na Plataforma Brasil

Abstract

This work has the general objective of analyzing the perception of students from the Postgraduate Program in Professional and Technological Education at the Palmas Campus of the Federal Institute of Tocantins (IFTO) regarding the process of submitting research protocols involving human beings to the Research Ethics Committee (CEP) of the IFTO on Plataforma Brasil. An applied, descriptive and qualitative-quantitative research was carried out. The procedures involved bibliographic, documentary and field research, with the application of a questionnaire with 16 questions based on the objectives of the study. The questionnaire was administered in a virtual environment, using the free Google Forms platform, from September 29 to November 17, 2023. Data analysis was descriptive, followed by discussion of results and comparison with existing literature. The results revealed that, although students understand the role of the CEP, they submit the research protocol to meet institutional requirements. Furthermore, 98.2% of students faced difficulties during the research protocol submission process. These findings resulted in the development of a Teaching Guide as the final product of the research, with the aim of guiding and assisting researchers and the IFTO academic community in the process of submitting research protocols to the IFTO CEP on Plataforma Brasil.