Kate F. Barald in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, coordinated an online repository for resources aimed at aiding course directors at all levels (undergraduate to postdoc) devise RRE (Research Responsibility and Ethics) courses that are both interdisciplinary and relevant to specific groups of students. The podcast library of lectures, panel discussions, mock IRB boards and interviews with researchers and ethicists are available to course directors through the Program in Biomedical Sciences CTools site.
Subjects for the podcasts include:
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ethical and moral reasoning and values presented by faculty from the Philosophy Department
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issues of mentoring, fraud, fabrication and plagiarism
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specific problems in social science research
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professional ethics and regulatory issues
An improved website will soon provide vignettes on RRE issues in the languages of the majority of our international students, and this course will soon be offered at the Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute (SHJTJI).
Pedagogical Goal:
Content delivery (alternatives to lecture)
Teaching in an online/blended format
