This study aims to evaluate the impact of research climate on PhD students' research practice (i.e., an environment where their peer (i.e., a post-doc researcher) had detrimental practice in a similar situation)
PhD students are the next generation of researchers and will present the field in the future. However, several environmental factors might influence their research practice. In this study, the investigators will evaluate the impact of research climate on PhD students' research practice (exposure to an environment where their peers commit a detrimental practice). Objective: To evaluate the impact of research climate on PhD students' research practice Design: A randomized controlled trial 1. Intervention: Participants will be shown two case vignettes describing dilemma situations in research reported with and without research climate factor. 2. Participants: The participants will be PhD students in all biomedical disciplines. 3. Sample size will be 300 participants 4. Primary outcome: In each vignette, participants will have to indicate which solution they prefer on a semantic differential scale, rated from - 5 to -1 (preference for solution A) and from 1 to 5 (preference for solution B). Participants will be forced to make a choice between the 2 solutions. The primary outcome will be the mean preference score. 5. This study is approved by ethics review regulations by INSERM (CEEI-IRB): IRB00003888
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
A vignette describing a dilemma situation for a researcher (e.g. adding an honorary author) with or without a research environment factor (i.e. an environment where other researchers commit detrimental research practice)
Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris
Paris, France
mean preference score
In each vignette, participants will have to indicate which solution they prefer on a semantic differential scale, rated from - 5 to -1 (preference for solution A) and from 1 to 5 (preference for solution B).
Time frame: Immediate assessment
proportion of students who chose the detrimental research practice (DRP)
Proportion of students rated from -5 to -1 for the DRP.
Time frame: Immediate assessment
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