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Publication Capacity Building at Nepal Health Research Council for Ethical Research(Nepal Health Research Council, 2024) Adhikari, Ramesh Kant; Ghimire, Namita; Joshi, PramodNAPublication Ethical Approval in Nepal: Barriers or Facilitators?(Nepal Health Research Council, 2024) Ghimire, Namita; Pandey, Sony; Joshi, Pramod; Adhikari, Ramesh KantAny research involving human participants requires review and approval from an authorized research ethics committee to safeguard participant's rights, dignity and welfare while ensuring the scientific validity of the research. Ethical approval is mandatory before initiating or ecruiting study participants. It is also a prerequisite for publishing research findings in scientific journals contributing to ensuring the quality of scientific knowledge. The ethical review process focuses on the assessment of potential risks to the participants as well as the research team focusing on how such risks are identified, minimized and managed. This paper provides an overview of the Nepal Health Research Council's ethical review and approval process for both national and international researchers intending to conduct health research in Nepal. Despite this, the Nepalese ethics committee and researcher face several challenges, including limited awareness of responsible conduct of research, limited training opportunities, unclear clinical trial guidelines, bureaucratic hurdles, and frequent staff turnover in research governance. This paper highlights these challenges and aims to support both researchers and the Ethics Committee in promoting the responsible conduct of health research in Nepal. Keywords: Ethical issues; ethical review and approval; Nepal and research.Publication Faculty Development Program in Nepalese Medical Schools: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives(Nepal Health Research Council, 2023) Dhakal, Ajaya Kumar; Adhikari, Ramesh KantAbstract Teaching medical students is an art that requires expertise in the core content of the subject and specialized teaching techniques. Learning to teach medical students and teachers learning from those teachings themselves is a lifelong process. Short medical teacher training courses in various specialized teaching techniques lay the foundation for a positive teaching experience that can substantially impact medical education. The Faculty Development Program is one such training course for medical teachers, designed to be an essential step toward becoming a student-centered facilitator. This article sheds light on the current status and significance of the faculty development program in Nepalese medical education. It also offers suggestions and critical strategies to improve the program in the future with available resources and to integrate it further into medical education. Keywords: Faculty development program; medical education; Nepal; teacher training