BIO-7102 Research Methodology: Special Issues Related to Biomedical Research
This course discusses certain topics which require decision-making expertise in several aspects of research. The course will consist of various scenarios from which discussion will occur. Topics will include issues of data acquisition, data management, academic-industry conflicts, authorship, publication, as well as problems that occur in the course of studies such as relying on graduate students, issues of integrity, and authority/responsibility issues in the laboratory to name a few. While some of the scenarios relate to clinical and clinical trials research problems, many apply to research in general. The format will be for students to receive scenarios and to undertake group discussion as to how to address and resolve the problems ethically and professionally.