Characteristics of the medical ethics committees to which the participants are appointed
| Item 2: In which type of ethics committee have you been active?* | n=57 (%) |
| Medical ethics committee of a medical faculty of a university | 46 (80.7) |
| Medical ethics committee of a State Chamber of Physicians (Landesärztekammer) | 15 (26.3) |
| Others | 7 (12.3) |
| Item 3: Which German federal state is the medical ethics committees located to which you were affiliated?* | n=50 (%) |
| Baden-Württemberg | 7 (14.3) |
| Bavaria | 4 (8.2) |
| Berlin | 3 (6.1) |
| Brandenburg | 0 (0.0) |
| Bremen | 0 (0.0) |
| Hamburg | 1 (2.0) |
| Hesse | 3 (6.1) |
| Mecklenburg Western Pomerania | 0 (0.0) |
| Lower Saxony | 6 (12.2) |
| Northrhine-Westphalia | 14 (28.6) |
| Rhineland Palatinate | 2 (4.1) |
| Saarland | 0 (0.0) |
| Saxony | 1 (2.0) |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 4 (8.2) |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 3 (6.1) |
| Thuringia | 2 (2.0) |
| Item 4: How many study proposals (amendments and annual reports excluded) do you review on average per year? | n=56 (%) |
| Up to 50 | 18 (32.1) |
| 51–100 | 14 (25.0) |
| 101–150 | 7 (12.5) |
| 151–200 | 7 (12.5) |
| >200 | 10 (17.9) |
| Item 5: Which kinds of studies do you review as member of a medical ethics committee?* | n=56 (%) |
| Studies regulated by AMG or MPG | 3 (5.4) |
| Studies in a non-regulated setting | 3 (5.4) |
| Both | 50 (89.3) |
*Multiple responses possible (in case of membership in several ethics committees).
AMG/MPG, German Medicines Act/German Act on Medical Devices.