This training covers the basics of ethics in health sciences. Ethical challenges and common types of research misconduct are also discussed.

By the end of this training, learners should be able to:

• Know the basics of ethics in health sciences
• Identify ethical challenges throughout the research lifecycle
• Explain the most common types of research misconduct

Training outline

• Ethics in data collection and informed consent
• What is ethical review and when is it needed?
• Data fabrication, falsification and manipulation, including image manipulation
• Plagiarism
• Questionable journals
• Paper mills
• Using generative AI tools

Resources for Facilitators and Learners

Online courses

• TRREE: Training and resources in research ethic evaluation (on-line training programme on the ethics and regulation of health research involving human participants)
• EURORDIS Open Academy. Ethics in clinical trials. 

Videos, webinars, online tutorials

• Writing Lab Tec de Monterrey. 2020. Introduction to Ethics in Research.
  

• PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) TV. 2021. When Does Health Research Need Ethics Review?
  

• Writing Lab Tec de Monterrey. 2021. Ethical Principles in Research Involving Humans as Subjects.
  

• PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) TV. 2021. What Do Research Ethics Committees Review?
  

• Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education (AREE). 2022. Authenticity Is the Way to Go: Data Fabrication and Falsification.
  

• Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education (AREE). 2023. Conflicts of Interest in Research—What Should I Do When Facing Conflicts of Research?
  

• Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education (AREE). 2023. Copyright Issues in Academic Research.
  

• Lone Star College North Harris Library. 2020. Research Misconduct: Fabrication & Falsification.
  

• Bik, Elisabeth. 2022. Dr. Elisabeth Bik on Misconduct in Biomedical Research. Odprta Znanost 2022 / Open Science 2022; The Young Academy of Slovenia
  

• Ritchie, Stuart. 2020. Scientific Fraud and Misconduct. King’s Open Research Conference.
  

• Sorbonne Université. 2022. Predatory publishers and identity fraud - How to identify dubious providers. Open for You!
  

• European Network for Academic Integrity. 2023. The Rising Threat of Paper Mills (Anna Abalkina)
  

• Foltýnek, Tomáš; Sivasubramaniam, Shiva. 2023. ENAI Recommendations on the Ethical Use of AI & ECEIA 2023.
  

Guides

• Utrecht University. How to write an informed consent form - Research Data Management Support.
• JISC. 2023. Generative AI: A Primer
• Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research (ERA Forum Stakeholders’ document), 2024
• Academic Integrity. 2024. EIFL Digital Research Literacy Training Programme Outline for Librarians
• Artificial Intelligence and Open Science. 2024. EIFL

Collections of resources

• Academic Integrity. 2024. EIFL Digital Research Literacy Training Programme Outline for Librarians.
• Artificial Intelligence and Open Science. 2024. EIFL. 2024.