Department of Premedical Education, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
New York, USA.
Account Res. 2023 Apr;30(3):176-198. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1981871. Epub 2021 Sep 24.
Worldwide, undergraduate science and pre-medical students are encouraged to participate in authentic active learning lab work and undergraduate research experiences. Unfortunately, these experiences rarely include training in science or research ethics. Although several governmental and scientific organizations have called for increased training in responsible research conduct, relatively few studies report on the effectiveness of different pedagogical approaches. Too often science ethics socialization and training is limited to conversations with individual mentors. This paper describes how viewing an interactive theatrical presentation of several research misconduct scenarios was associated with an increase in first-year students' self-assessed understanding of the topics addressed: proper treatment of data images, respect for animal protocols, authorship considerations, and plagiarism issues. There was no decrease in self-reported responsible conduct of research (RCR) knowledge for students surveyed 10 weeks, as compared to 2 weeks, after the science ethics presentations. RCR test question scores showed only a slight decrease in correct answers from 2 to 10 weeks. Theatrical presentation is an inexpensive yet engaging approach that provides students with a chance to actively consider the importance of RCR and the complexities of contexts surrounding ethics decisions before starting a research career.
在全球范围内，鼓励本科生和医学预科生参与真实的主动学习实验室工作和本科生研究经验。不幸的是，这些经验很少包括科学或研究伦理方面的培训。尽管一些政府和科学组织呼吁增加负责任的研究行为方面的培训，但相对较少的研究报告了不同教学方法的效果。科学伦理社会化和培训往往仅限于与个别导师的对话。本文描述了观看几个研究不端行为场景的互动戏剧表演如何与增加一年级学生对所涉及主题的自我评估理解相关联：正确处理数据图像、尊重动物协议、作者身份考虑因素和剽窃问题。与科学伦理演讲后 2 周相比，调查 10 周后的学生自我报告的负责任研究行为（RCR）知识并没有减少。RCR 测试问题的答案仅从 2 周到 10 周略有下降。戏剧表演是一种廉价但引人入胜的方法，它为学生提供了一个机会，在开始研究生涯之前，积极考虑 RCR 的重要性和围绕伦理决策的复杂情况。
