About this survey

People working in and around Victoria’s human research ethics system carry important responsibility for participant safety, ethical integrity and organisational risk.
 
This short survey is part of Safer Care Victoria’s early listening phase for the Strategic Ethics Reform Project. It aims to capture practical system‑level insights that may not be visible through formal reporting.
 
If you would like more background before or after completing the survey, please go to the Strategic Ethics Reform Project page or the survey information page for a survey overview.
 

Confidentiality

Responses will be analysed in aggregate only. No individual or organisation will be identified.
 
If you choose to provide contact details for follow‑up, these will be stored separately and will not be linked to your survey responses.
 
This survey takes 5–7 minutes and will remain open until 11:59pm Sunday 22 March 2026.
A summary of themes will be shared through the research e‑Bulletin.

Survey

1. What best describes your role?

If you hold multiple roles, please select the role that best reflects the perspective you are responding from today.
Your role involves complex professional judgement that carries responsibility for participant safety, ethical integrity, and public trust. The questions that follow focus on what supports you to exercise that responsibility effectively and with confidence.
Your role is critical to keeping the ethics system functioning safely and effectively. The questions focus on operational demands, system constraints and where processes create pressure, duplication or risk.
Your role helps protect your organisation while enabling safe, compliant, and high‑quality research. The questions focus on risk, accountability, system reliability, and areas of operational burden.
Your role involves delivering research safely and efficiently for patients and participants. The questions that follow focus on where the ethics environment supports timely study start‑up and where delays or uncertainty occur.
Your perspective provides important insight into system consistency, predictability and reliability across organisations and committees.
Your perspective helps ensure research remains safe, ethical, and centred on participant experience and community trust.
Your role involves balancing organisational risk, performance, assurance, and public trust. The questions that follow focus on system reliability, confidence in ethical oversight and where the current environment creates risk or operational pressure.
2. Where does the current ethics environment make your role more difficult than it needs to be?
Select up to two.
3. What aspects of the current system are most important to protect?
Select up to two.
4. Where do you see the greatest risk if the system were to change?
Select up to two.
5. Which statement best reflects your overall experience of the current system?
Please keep your response brief - key points are sufficient.
Please keep your response brief - key points are sufficient.
Please keep your response brief - key points are sufficient.
9. Would you be willing to take part in a short follow‑up discussion if needed?
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