SDEST: Teaching Research Ethics - An Institutional Change Model

该项目旨在实施一个过程，将改变在西密歇根大学的研究伦理方面的制度氛围。它的目标是沟通，快速，有效地，有关研究相关的伦理问题和决策的信息，使几个学院组成的大学。长期目标是提高大学内道德研究行为和决策的水平。短期目标是：第一，在机构内建立一个变革推动者小组（研究伦理研究员），他们沿着项目团队，将能够帮助培训他人，为同行提供咨询，并在研究中树立道德行为的榜样;第二，建立一个全面和系统的方法来教授研究道德，不仅跨越学科，（学院/部门），但也跨层次（教师/研究生）;第三，实施结构性的方法，研究伦理培训，成为机构结构本身的一部分。项目小组正在提出一个研究道德领域的课程，其中包括一系列教学单元。在对教师和研究生进行基线调查后，这些模块将在一个研讨会上（由一位主讲人）向代表整个机构各部门的十名教师/研究生团队（20名研究伦理研究员）展示。这些模块随后将提供给教师，研究生和大学社区的工作人员。在此期间，研究员将继续在研究小组中相互见面，开展项目，并在其部门和学院内进行传播工作。最后，该项目将主办一次全大学范围的会议，也由一名主旨发言人发言，研究小组和研究员将在会上介绍其各个项目的成果，并分享其传播工作。 还将对教师和研究生进行后续调查。沿着基线和后续调查（包括知识，态度，以及在WMU的教师和研究生的行为），评估将包括学习的改进和谁参加教学模块的所有人的满意度。第二年将遵循相同的结构，与另一套十教师/研究生团队来自整个机构。此外，以前的研究员将在这一年中协助项目小组介绍教学单元，并继续参加研究小组。评价工作也将继续进行。此外，将邀请该区域其他高等教育机构的代表参加春季会议，作为将该项目的影响扩大到其他机构的努力的一部分。 该机构已承诺提供资源，在最初的奖励期后继续执行该方案。

This project is designed to implement a process that will alter the institutional climate at Western Michigan University with respect to research ethics. Its objective is to communicate, rapidly and effectively, information about research-related ethical issues and decision-making across the several colleges that make up the university. The long term goal is to increase the level of ethical research behavior and decision-making within the university. The short term goals are: first, to create a group of change agents within the institution (the Research Ethics Fellows) who, along with the project team, will be able to help train others, serve as resource people for their peers, and model ethical behavior in research; second, to put in place a comprehensive and systematic approach to teaching research ethics that not only cuts across disciplines (colleges/departments) but also across levels (faculty/graduate student); and third, to implement a structural approach to research ethics training that becomes part of the institutional fabric itself. The project team is proposing a curriculum in the area of research ethics which includes a series of instructional modules. Following a baseline survey of faculty and graduate students, the modules will be presented in a workshop (with a keynote speaker), to a set of ten faculty/graduate student teams (20 Research Ethics Fellows) representing departments across the institution. The modules will subsequently be offered to the faculty, graduate students, and staff of the university community. During this same time, the Fellows will continue to meet with one another in study groups, carry out projects, and also engage in dissemination efforts within their departments and colleges. Finally, the project will sponsor a university-wide conference, again with a keynote speaker, at which the research team and the Fellows will present the results of their various projects, and share their dissemination efforts. A follow-up survey of faculty and graduate students will also be carried out. Along with the baseline and follow-up surveys (covering knowledge, attitude, and behaviors of faculty and graduate students at WMU), evaluation will include the learning improvement and the satisfaction of all people who participate in the instructional modules. The second year will follow the same structure, with another set of ten faculty/graduate student teams from across the institution. In addition, the previous Fellows will assist the project team in presenting the instructional modules during the year and continue to participate in the study groups. Evaluation efforts will also continue. Furthermore, representatives from other post-secondary institutions in the region will be invited to attend the spring conference as part of an effort to extend the impact of the project to other institutions. The institution has committed resources to continue the program after the initial award period.