Responsible Conduct of Research 1: An Introduction
Mandatory PhD course
All PhD students are required to participate in the course Responsible Conduct of Research 1: An Introduction, offered by the Graduate School.
When can I take the course?
- The course is held monthly
- You must participate in the course within the first 12 months of your PhD programme
- You enrol via the course catalogue
- Please note, that you can participate in this course even if you have already earned 35 ECTS credits.
Location
The course is held online and at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Panum. Please check the course catalogue for more information about the location.
The course purpose
To make you familiar with norms relating to responsible conduct of research and problems concerning scientific misconduct or questionable conduct of research. The course will cover these topics:
- Documentation of scientific results
- Handling and keeping of scientific data
- Authorship
- Intellectual property rights
- Conflicts of interest and commitment
- Communication with the public
The purpose of the course is to inform about current norms of responsible conduct of research and enable reflection on how to apply these norms. You will learn how to
- describe and discuss various forms of Research Misconduct: Fabrication, Falsification, and Plagiarism
- describe how to draw the line between Research Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices
- describe how allegations of Research Misconduct are raised and the principles for handling suspicions of Research Misconduct
- describe national and international institutions handling Scientific Misconduct or dealing with Questionable Research Practices
The RCR teaching lasts one day and consists of four modules. Each module combines a lecture with student interaction.
Module 1: Overview of the field
A brief history and a presentation of the institutions dealing with Research Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices.
Module 2: Authorship and the Vancouver Guidelines
Presentation of the norms regarding publication, various kinds of deviations from these norms, and handling of the many grey zone issues to which the application of these norms give rise.
Module 3: Research Data Management
Module 4: Conflicts of interest and commitment - and Communication with the public
Each course has about 45 participating PhD students.
The course curriculum consists of the e-book, RCR – A Danish textbook for courses in Responsible Conduct of Research, by Karsten Klint Jensen, Louise Whiteley, Martin Marchman Andersen and Peter Sandøe (eds.).
- In order to complete the course, you must hand in a written assignment where you relate your research and work experience to the curriculum as taught in the RCR lectures.
- The assignment must be handed in two weeks after you participate in the RCR course.
Please read the complete description of the mandatory RCR1 assignment.
RCR course coordinator
Working with external partners
This pixie book takes you through the overall principles of the University’s collaboration with external partners. It addresses both University employees and external parties:
Relates to module 3 in the RCR course.
