Complied with the latest version of Helsinki Declaration of the World Health Organization, relevant regulations on human subject research or clinical trials issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the latest ethical standards for medical research, the purpose of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Taichung Veterans General Hospital (TCVGH) is to strengthen research ethics education for medical or research personnel in order to protect the rights and responsibilities of patients, subjects and all research participants and improve the overall quality of medical research.