Full course description
Overview
This course is part of the “RCR@UMD” catalog, which houses the university’s Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training series. All UMD researchers are expected to complete RCR training, which was designed to accomplish the following:
- To broadly foster a culture of research integrity by aiding our research community in understanding the expectations for conducting all aspects of their research responsibly;
- To provide a foundation for acting in accordance with those expectations by offering guidance, best practices, and tools;
- To ensure appropriate stewardship of funds that support our important work;
- To help our researchers fulfill related training requirements.
Appropriate mentor-mentee relationships are vital to the responsible conduct of research and are a core component of fostering research integrity. Mentorship provides the means through which we create and support robust, sound research environments, train the next generation of researchers (technically, professionally, and ethically), and propagate model behaviors for conducting research responsibly.
Accordingly, all researchers at the University of Maryland are expected to: engage in appropriate mentorship practices; foster safe, healthy, positive mentor/mentee relationships; and be aware of their responsibilities as mentors and mentees, respectively.
To aid our researchers in fulfilling these obligations, this course was designed to:
- Introduce the general concept of mentorship and its specific application in the research setting;
- Explain how appropriate mentorship practices support research integrity;
- Provide an overview of common responsibilities for mentors and mentees;
- Offer guidance on best practices related to mentor/mentee relationships;
- Provide you with resources, tools, and references to facilitate your engagement in those practices.
Course Outline
Section 1: What to Expect From This Module
Section 2: The Basics: Foundational Definitions and Concepts
Section 3: Why Mentorship Matters for Research Integrity and the Responsible Conduct of Research: Applying the Basics to the Research Setting
Section 4: Best Practices
Section 5: Applicable Regulations and/or Professional Standards
Section 6: Applicable UMD Guidance, Expectations, Policies, and/or Procedures
Section 7: Related Resources
At-A-Glance
For more information on the “RCR@UMD” program, including related modules, materials, and resources, visit: https://faculty.umd.edu/research-integrity/rcr-education.