Monahan Anne, Stewart Donna E
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chronic Dis Can. 2003 Spring-Summer;24(2-3):70-4.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of scientists and lay people participating in National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) grant review panels towards the inclusion of non-scientists in the review process. Questionnaires were sent to the 126 scientists and 24 lay panelists who participated in NCIC's grant reviews in 1998. Survey topics included lay member selection, the role of the lay panelist and suggestions for improving the process. Data were analyzed qualitatively, and quantitatively using SPSS. Sixty-one of the 126 scientists (48.4%) and 16 of the 24 lay panelists (66.7%) completed the survey. Female scientists were significantly more supportive than male scientists of the selection of cancer patients/survivors/advocates as lay members (p = 0.01), but overall their responses were more similar to those of their male colleagues than of the lay respondents. There were significant differences between the lay and scientist respondents on lay member responsibilities (p = 0.01), the format of lay grant review (p = 0.04), lay member contribution to panel discussion (p = 0.01), and understanding of the lay role (p = 0.02).
本研究的目的是调查参与加拿大国家癌症研究所（NCIC）资助评审小组的科学家和非专业人士对于在评审过程中纳入非科学家的态度。问卷被发送给了1998年参与NCIC资助评审的126位科学家和24位非专业评审小组成员。调查主题包括非专业成员的选拔、非专业评审小组成员的角色以及改进评审过程的建议。使用SPSS对数据进行了定性和定量分析。126位科学家中的61位（48.4%）以及24位非专业评审小组成员中的16位（66.7%）完成了调查。女性科学家在选择癌症患者/幸存者/倡导者作为非专业成员方面比男性科学家支持得多（p = 0.01），但总体而言，她们的回答与男性同事的回答比与非专业受访者的回答更为相似。在非专业成员职责（p = 0.01）、非专业资助评审的形式（p = 0.04）、非专业成员对小组讨论的贡献（p = 0.01）以及对非专业角色的理解（p = 0.02）方面，非专业受访者和科学家受访者之间存在显著差异。
