A PHD PROGRAM OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF BASEL

Good scientific conduct in Health Sciences

Good Scientific Conduct in Health Sciences

Description
This course provides students with an overview of, and guidance on, what constitutes Good Scientific Practice in Health Sciences, including code of good conduct, definitions of scientific misconduct, rules for authorship on scientific publications, plagiarism, and gender/cultural issues in scientific collaborations.

More information and the latest updates can be found in the Course Directory.


Learning objectives

  • Introduction to ethics in science and scientific integrity; history and definitions of good scientific conduct/misconduct
  • Guidelines on good scientific conduct at the University of Basel
  • Authorship rules and issues in scientific publications
  • Conflicts of interest and ghostwriting
  • Plagiarism
  • Data fabrication and falsification; bad data practices
  • The role of health scientists in society; the culture of student-supervisor relationships
  • Working in the Global South

Participants

See course directory


Workload & Credits

1 ECTS (7 sessions of 2 hours/semester)


Registration

Please register via MOnA.

Format

On-site

Swiss TPH (Kreuzstrasse 2, 4123 Allschwil) | Seminarraum 2

Registration

Students from the University of Basel register in MOnA

Students from SSPH+ PhD Program in Public Health from other universities need to check eligibility for the course by contacting the lecturer. More information.

Links

  • Academic integrity at the University of Basel

English / German

  • Scientific integrity – Swiss Academies of Arts and Science

English / German