Encouraging accountability in research: A pilot assessment of training effortsFootnote¹

Some policy implications of the results presented here are discussed in Mastroianni, A.C. and Kahn, J.P. (1998) The importance of expanding current training in the responsible conduct of research. Academic Medicine 73(12):1249–1254. Thanks to William Raub and Lily Engstrom at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for providing access to the sample of materials, and to Wayne Hartley of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota for his assistance in statistical compilation.

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