Week 10: Collaboration

Question 1

What are 3 essential things needed for good health research?

Answer 1

1. financial resources
2. different academic and technical skills
3. access to populations –> build a team with collaboration

Question 2

1. What is mentorship?
2. T/F: After emailing the individuals to ask for potential mentorship, an invitation to meet means that they have agreed to serve as a mentor
3. mentors are NOT ____________ or ___________

Answer 2

1. a formal or informal relationship in which a more experienced person (mentor) offers professional advice and guidance to a less experienced mentee
2. F. an invitation to meet is NOT an agreement to serve as a mentor
3. supervisors or instructors

Question 3

What are the 3 important things that need to be understood before agreeing to a mentor-mentee relationship?

Answer 3

1. potential mentors time availability, freq and type of communication
2. the roles and responsibilities the mentor agrees to take on and the resources the mentor provides
3. the expectations the mentor has of the mentee

Question 4

Answer based on the responsibilities of the mentee:
a) T/F: mentees should not ask questions. This is to prevent the mentor from getting annoyed
b) T/F: mentees should be honest about what they have done and what they plan to do
c) T/F: mentees should complete the assigned tasks, but timing is not something to consider
d) T/F: mentees should verbally attack the mentor when offered constructive criticism. The mentor doesn’t know what they are talking about!
e) T/F: mentees should respect the mentor and their time
f) T/F: mentees should learn all content covered before the sessions with the mentors. This is to better prepare

Answer 4

a) F. ASK QUESTIONS!
b) T
c) F. timing is very important
d) F. don’t attack the mentor
e) T
f) F. not even a criteria discussed

Question 5

1. Professional development is the intentional process of establishing ________ ______, and identifying and completing activities that enable ________ _________ toward achieving these goals
2. T/F: evaluation of performance, competencies and growth should only occur after completion of the professional development
3. What is NOT a method of professional development?
   a) completing online coursework about research methods
   b) working as a research assistant
   c) attending research conferences
   d) joining work organizations
   e) becoming a mentor

Answer 5

1. professional goals , systematic progress
2. F. should be routinely completed evaluations
3. e)

Question 6

1. what are bibliometrics?
2. what is the h-index?
3. what is the i10 index?
4. What are the issues with the indexes?

Answer 6

1. quantitative analyses of written publications
2. the author has h publications that have been cited h times
3. a count of the number of publications by an author that have been cited at least 10 times
4. 1) articles with simpler methodologies are easier to understand and get more citations
   2) open access articles get more citations by researchers from lower resource countries

Question 7

the _______________ is a concept that encompasses research ethics, professionalism, and best practices for collaboration and communication with other researcher
a) practical guide for research
b) ethical standard of research conduction
c) philosophy for research ethics
d) responsible conduct of research

Answer 7

d)

Question 8

1. What is co-authorship?
2. When should decisions about who will be listed as a coauthor be made?

Answer 8

1. the process of 2 or more collaborators working together to write a research report/article
2. should be made as early as possible in the research process

Question 9

1. What is the responsibility of the lead author?
   a) conceptualize the research
   b) interpret the discussion
   c) review the final drafts
   d) A and B
   e) B and C
2. T/F: the lead author is supposed to be listed first on the author list
3. Most new researchers serve as ______ ________ before becoming a lead author for the first time

Answer 9

1. d)
2. T
3. middle authors

Question 10

What are corresponding authors responsible for?

Answer 10

• submitting the article
• formatting
• managing review process
• communicating journal responses to article with co-authors

Question 11

who should you contact if you want to know more about the research?
a) senior authors
b) corresponding authors
c) lead authors
d) middle authors

Answer 11

b)

Question 12

1. Which is NOT one of the 4 ICMJE criteria for authorship in the health sciences:
   a) drafting the article
   b) approving the final version
   c) accepting responsibility for integrity of the paper
   d) editing and sending the article to the ICMJE before publication
   e) making substantial contributions to conception or design of the study
2. T/F: to earn co-authorship, all 4 of the ICMJE criteria must be met
3. What is ghost authorship? Gift authorship?

Answer 12

1. d)
2. T
3. ghost = failure to include someone who earned authorship . Gift = adding someone who has not earned authorship