Week 10 Flashcards
What are 5 things we need for good health research?
- Financial resources
- Different academic and technical skills
- Access to populations
An organized team
Structured collaboration
What is mentorship
A formal or informal relationship in which a more experienced person( the mentor) offers professional development advice and guidance to less experienced mentee
Does a mentor equal a super visor or instructor
NO
How can you find a mentor
Ask classmates,colleagues,professors,supervisors who might be helpful mentors
Search profiles
Email the individuals identified as potential mentors to ask for professional development advice
What should the investigator know about before getting into the mentor-mentee relationship
The mentor time availability preferred frequency and style of communication
The roles and responsibilities the mentor agrees to take on
The expectations the mentor has of the mentee
What are some things that research supervisors appreciate
Communicate often with clear questions
Are honest about what they have done and plan to do
Complete assigned tasks well and on time
Are open to receiving constructive criticism
Respect the mentor and the mentors time
What are some ways you can work to achieving your professional goals
Completing online or in person course work about research methods (Necessary but not sufficient)
Participating in journal clubs and professional organizations
Working as a research assistant
Attending and presenting at research conferences
Enrolling in training programs
What is bibliometrics
It is a quantitative analyses of written publications
What is h-index
An author has at least h publications that have been cited at least h times
What is the i10 index
A count of the number publications by an author that have been cited at least 10 times
What are two main issues with these metrics
1) Articles with simpler methodologies are easier to understand and get more citations
2) Open-access articles are getting more citations especially by researchers from lower resource countries
What is a responsible conduct of research
A concept that encompasses research ethics, professionalism and best practices for collaboration and communication with other researchers
What is co- authorship
The process of two or more collaborators working together to write a research report/article
When should the decision about who will be listed as a coauthor on a report and in what order
As early as possible
What is the lead author and where are they in the list
The person who conceptualizes the research writes the first drafts does most of the analysis interpretation and discussion
The first person
What are senior authors
Dosing a lot of jobs but less than first or are the research a supervisors goes 2nd or last depends on the polcies
Who is the middle author
Others with different levels of collaboration. Either in order from greatest to least contribution or alphabetically by family name
Can you be payed so your name isn’t in the work
NO
What is the corresponding author responsible for
Submission of the article
Formatting
Managing the review process
Communicating journal responses to article with co-authors
Usually the first author
The person who you contact for more information
What is ICMJE
International committee of Medical Journal Editors
What is the criteria for authorship in the health sciences
- Making a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the study
- Drafting the article and or providing critical revisions of intellectual content
- Approving the final version of the manuscript that is submitted to a publisher
- Accepting responsibility for the integrity of the paper
( To get authorship you have to meet all 4 criteria)
What is ghost authorship
The failure to include as a coauthor on a manuscript a contributor who has made a substantial intellectual contribution to a research project
What is gift authorship
When someone who has not earned authorship according to disciplinary standards is added to the list of authors of a manuscript
What are the 4 things that knowledge translation included
1) Synthesis
the research you produce
2) Dissemination
Conference presentations
Publications
3) Exchange
4) Ethically-sound application of knowledge
What is the purpose of conferences
Networking and exchanging ideas
Presenting new research can be a useful way to get feedback on a project before submitting the work for review by a journal
What is the structure of confrences
Plenary sessions with keynote adresses
concurrent sessions of oral presentations
Poster sessions
Exhibitions
Business meetings
What is a poster session
A designated time during a conference when researchers display printed placards and are expected to be available to talk about their posters with other attendees
How can you get into a conference
- Conduct good research (the single most important thing)
- Find a conference that might be interested in your research
- Submit a well-written abstract ( they usually get printed and shared with attendees)
- Respect all requirements including due dates, word counts, priorities of topics
What are poster presentations
Design and asethetics as important as the content
Cite evidence
How many refrence on a poster should have
No more than 5
You can use a QR code for supplementary information
What is an oral presentation
Using a set of slides to guide the talk and provide visual information to the audience
What are some things to remember when doing an oral presentation
Highlight the key messages in few words
use images as often as is appropriate
Don’t read of the slides
You are not teaching but reporting your research
Why do we have to publish
1) Unpublished research=no existing research
2) Direct professional benefits for researchers
3) Respect for the time and efforts of participants and collaborators
What is the peer review process like
Time consuming and sometimes disappointing
Also an opportunity to receive expert and constructive feedback to improve science
When thinking about what journal you want to publish too what are some thing you should consider
The scope
The audience
Ranking
Clear explanation of existence and the type of peer review process duration acceptance rate
Whether the journal is indexed in preferred databases
The print and online availability of the journal
Data sharing requriments
What is a subscription journal?
Covers its costs from library and or individual subscriptions and advertising and does not charge any author fees
Most articles are placed behind a paywall
We have access to many via our library; has been paid for by Western
What is an open-access journal
Mandates the authors pay a publication fee ( sometimes several thousand dollars) before their manuscripts are published
The content is freely available to the readers and intrenet
Most grants sent aside funding for publication
What is a hybrid journal
Option of paying to make an article freely available to all
Authors with funding may opt to pay for open access under this model
Authors without funding may publish at no cost but their articles will be behind a paywall
What is copyright
The legal rights assigned to the owners of intellectual property such as written and artistic works
Who does the author assign copyright too
To the publisher before the article is published
What is open acces publishers
Allow authors to retain the copyright for their articles
What is a creative commons license
Is a public copyright license that enables the free distribution of a copyrighted work
What are signs that it is a predatory (open-access) journal
A growing number of dubious journals are being launched that accept nearly every submission upon receipt of payment
No quality editorial and peer review services not transparent about their policies
Unsolicited spam
Admire your research a lot/ you get asked if you want ot be published
Publication might even represent bad on your CV
