Re: a few hours of ethics education: need ideas and resources

[Mark A. Casteel]

Hi Nathalie. I wonder if it wouldn't be helpful to ask one of the members 
of the IRB review panel at the university to come in for a talk. They could 
speak to the students about practical and real issues that have come up as 
well as solutions. Since some of your psych majors will presumably go on to 
graduate school, I'm sure many of them will eventually have to deal with 
IRB review boards. Just a thought. -- Mark

At 03:07 PM 5/27/03 -0400, Nathalie Cote wrote:
TIPSters,

I have an opportunity to participate in a project in which
undergraduates from small schools where there are few opportunities to
participate in research can become research assistants for a semester in
some of the research labs run by psychology faculty at a large
university in the region. All of the undergrad research assistants, from
the university and from the smaller colleges, would meet as a group
periodically in a sort of seminar, intended to give them an opportunity
to share and to help them get the most of the research experience. I've
suggested that we spend one or more of the seminar sessions talking
about research ethics.
We can assume that the students are all psych majors and will have
whatever ethics instruction they would normally get in courses at their
home institution, and as research assistants they will go through some
sort of minimal tutorial required by granting agencies. We don't have
the time to do a full course (and I'm not qualified to do that anyhow) -
this will be a few hours at most. However, I think it is very important
that we model scientific integrity for our students and take advantage
of  opportunities to discuss ethics with them.
I could use some help with ideas on how best to use the seminar time.
Right now all I've come up with is either spending the time discussing
cases or perhaps having an ethics expert come in to do a presentation or
lead a discussion. Got any ideas or experiences to share? I'm also
looking for resources such as research ethics cases or instructional
materials, and I'd like information about people who do ethics workshops
who might be interested in coming to do an hour or two with this group.
Thanks for the help!

Nathalie Cote
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Belmont Abbey College
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