title: Assessing the Awareness of Egyptian Medical Students about Responsible Conduct of Research and Research Ethics: Impact of an Educational Campaign.
abstract: This is a quasi-experimental pre-post assessment study utilizing an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to assess Egyptian medical students' awareness about responsible conduct of research (RCR) and research ethics. Students' were assessed before and after an RCR awareness campaign. Our results showed that most of the pre-campaign respondents were not familiar with the basic principles and terms of RCR. An increase in the awareness about RCR across all discussed topics was noted following the campaign. We concluded that an educational awareness campaign is effective in increasing medical students' awareness about RCR and should be incorporated into current medical school curricula in Egypt.
authors.affiliation: a Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Shinawi
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: Karim Osama
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: Yousef Ahmed
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Fouad
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: Yara Mohamed
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Fahmy
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: Hadeel Abdulwahed
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Asar
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed Gomaa
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.affiliation: c Institute for Laboratory Animal Research , National Research Council , Washington , D.C. , USA.
authors.forename: Lida
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anestidou
authors.affiliation: d Department of Epidemiology and Public Health , University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Samer S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: El-Kamary
authors.affiliation: e Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science , Cairo University , Giza , Egypt.
authors.forename: Mona Mostafa
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mohamed
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education* / Q000941:ethics*; D003479:Curriculum; D003906:Developing Countries; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Egypt; medical students; plagiarism; research misconduct; responsible conduct