title: Responsible conduct of research in communication sciences and disorders: faculty and student perceptions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Two Web-based surveys (Surveys I and II) were used to assess perceptions of faculty and students in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) regarding the responsible conduct of research (RCR).
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey questions addressed 9 RCR domains thought important to the responsible conduct of research: (a) human subjects protections; (b) research involving animals; (c) publication practices and responsible authorship; (d) mentor/trainee responsibilities; (e) collaborative science; (f) peer review; (g) data acquisition, management, sharing, and ownership; (h) conflicts of interest; and (i) research misconduct. Respondents rated each of 37 topics for importance and for sufficiency of instructional coverage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respondents to Survey I were 137 faculty members from 68 (26%) of the 261 graduate programs in CSD. By comparison, 237 students from 39 (15%) programs responded to Survey II. Data about the importance and sufficiency of coverage of each of the 37 items were transformed into z scores to reveal relative ratings among the 37 topics. Data presentations were grouped for topics in each of the 9 RCR domains. Ratings indicated the relatively high importance assigned among the 37 topics by CSD faculty and students. Sufficiency of coverage of those same topics received lower ratings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of these surveys support the notion that students in CSD perceive that they are receiving information about RCR. The data pertaining to sufficiency of coverage provide a basis for improving instruction in this important aspect of research education.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Fred D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Minifie
authors.forename: Randall R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Robey
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horner
authors.forename: Janis C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ingham
authors.forename: Charissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lansing
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: McCartney
authors.forename: Elham-Eid
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Alldredge
authors.forename: Sarah C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: Sharon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001319:Authorship; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006311:Hearing Disorders; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007806:Language Disorders; D008611:Mentors; D011642:Publications / Q000941:ethics; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States