Medicinos fakultetas

Course structure

This course is about research integrity. We will discuss together how to be or become a good author and fair reviewer, but we will also dive into some cases of misconduct that were exposed. Our aim is to stimulate you to become aware of relevant issues in your academic publishing practice and ways to approach them. The course structure is also shown in the image below. 

Some important characteristics of this course:

• We want to closely relate to your own experiences in this course. Therefore, there will be multiple opportunities to share your experiences and perspectives in this course. 

• The cases that we present often do not have an immediate right or wrong answer: these are examples of ‘grey areas’ that require reflection. 

• This course is structured around the process of publishing an academic paper and has a central focus on authorship and peer review. Topics discussed are: making a publication plan, determining authorship order, recognising predatory journals and criteria to use while reviewing the work of others. In each phase of the process, dilemmas may arise that have an integrity component and require reflection.