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