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Accountability in Research
Ethics, Integrity and Policy
Volume 19, 2012 - Issue 4
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Original Articles

Guiding the Next Generation of NIH Investigators in Responsible Conduct of Research: The Role of the Mentor

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Pages 209-219 | Published online: 03 Aug 2012
 

Abstract

National Institutes of Health (NIH) K award recipients and their mentors were surveyed to investigate the role of the mentor. We found that a majority of mentors provided guidance in responsible research conduct (RCR), and that most of these relationships were deemed helpful. Mentors also responded that they played a greater importance in RCR training of their mentees than the mentees reported. Our results suggest both mentors and mentees report that mentors ideally should play a more important role in RCR training than was actually the case. For conflicting interests, subjects' protection, and misconduct, approximately 50% of K recipients found the mentor to be not at all important or only somewhat important for these areas of RCR training. We conclude the mentor's role is important but not optimal based on the results of our study cohort.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This study was funded by Grants 5R21RR025262-02 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and UL1TR000058 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Research Resources (NCRR), and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, NIH.

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