Understanding and avoiding scientific misconduct
Scientific misconduct, authorship and conflict of interest Learning outcomes: ➔ Describe the purpose of and criteria for authorship ➔ Explain how disputes over authorship might be prevented and/or resolved ➔ Define conflicts of interest ➔ Discuss the association between conflicts of interest and bias in research projects ➔ Discuss how failure of reproducibility may indicate scientific misconduct ➔ Discuss how research misconduct may introduce bias into the research findings.
Reporting conflicts of interest Learning outcomes: ➔ Why it is necessary to declare conflicts of interest (COI) ➔ Definitions of COI ➔ Potential COI in health services research ➔ Potential COI in industry-sponsored research ➔ Public reporting of industry payments to health professionals
➔ Handling COI for other types of journal article ➔ Potential COI for editors, journals, and publishers.
Journal rules on authorship Learning outcomes: ➔ Authorship: how it is defined, and why it matters ➔ How MEDLINE and journals list authors ➔ Journal policies and practices to safeguard authorship ➔ Guest, gift, and ghost authors and other authorship problems ➔ Attribution for shared datasets. How and why to avoid plagiarism Learning outcomes: ➔ How plagiarism and text recycling are defined ➔ How common plagiarism is ➔ Factors associated with plagiarism ➔ Use of plagiarism detection tools by publishers ➔ How to avoid plagiarism and how to respond if caught.
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