MGH Division of Clinical Research

RCR Program: Exorcising the Ghosts – Managing Problems with Co-Authors

Ended: Oct. 11, 2019

Speaker: Roland C. Merchant, MD, MPH, ScD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Attending Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Program:
Responsible Conduct of Research Program at MGH

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MGH Division of Clinical Research

Sessions

Oct. 11, 2019 10/11/19
10AM-11AM 		10 AM – 11 AM
CNY149-Conference Room A, Floor 1, CNY149

Other Offerings

Past Offerings
RCR Program: Exorcising the Ghosts – Managing Problems with Co-Authors Oct. 15, 2020 10/15/20
RCR Program: Exorcising the Ghosts – Managing Problems with Co-Authors Oct. 10, 2019 10/10/19

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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 6:31 p.m.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 6:03 p.m.
Anonymous: The content was very relevant, but the session would benefit from open acknowledgment and discussion of the power dynamics inherent in most of the proposed scenarios. For example - while removing an absent PI from a manuscript might be a logical solution, it is essentially impossible for any junior researcher to do that.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 3:18 p.m.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 2:35 p.m.
Anonymous: overall very interesting glimpse into authorship dilemmas that will likely continue to be a source of challenge for both PI and students and postdocs.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 2:14 p.m.
Magnus W: Relevant topic, very nicely presented. Thanks!
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Date Attended: Oct. 15, 2020, 1:11 p.m.
Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 2:11 p.m.
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Anonymous: Learned some of my preconceived notions about authorship were wrong
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Laura S: This was a great seminar! Appreciated the opportunity to be interactive.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2020, 2:02 p.m.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2019, 1:28 p.m.
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Date Attended: Oct. 11, 2019, 9:59 a.m.
Date Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2019, 11:45 a.m.
Anonymous: Overall great session. Would be nicer if the session included contact info for ombudsperson / research integrity office contact info, that might be useful for unresolvable authorship conflicts or to get advice related to authorship conflicts.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2019, 11:32 a.m.
Anonymous: General description of the problem. Open but not clear cut solutions. Missing more detailed sort of problems and specially in our area and within the MGH-HMS umbrella. An idea would be to contribute with specific issues on different levels and analyze them.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2019, 11:16 a.m.
Anonymous: I found most of the suggestions to be fairly generic (eg, try to avoid conflicts from the get-go, try to avoid working with mentors who do not support trainees' participation in papers). Practical advice, specific resources at MGH and HMS, and concrete examples would have been much more helpful. For instance, co-authors could be CC'ed on an email thread where a manuscript draft is circulated updated via Reply-All and updated using Track Changes. This creates an audit trail, accountability, and transparency about contribution to the writing of the manuscript.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2019, 11:01 a.m.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 7:14 p.m.
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Date Attended: Oct. 10, 2019, 12:54 p.m.
Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 4:12 p.m.
Korilyn Z: One idea for the future could be to have participants send in their specific examples if anybody has a current / ongoing issue and to have the group work together on strategy. Could be anonymously submitted, as needed.
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Date Attended: Oct. 10, 2019, 12:47 p.m.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 2:48 p.m.
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Date Attended: Oct. 10, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 1:43 p.m.
Anonymous: The content could have been better if concrete examples were given pertaining to actions one might take to deal with such authorship issues (e.g., what MGH office do we call if we needed to address ethical authorship issues or report a situation requiring investigation).
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 1:43 p.m.
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Date Attended: Oct. 10, 2019, 12:54 p.m.
Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 1:39 p.m.
Huseyin E: I had a very good experience. The instructor made the event an interactive one, which is important especially when discussing this kind of ethical issues.
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Date Attended: Oct. 10, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
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Date Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2019, 12:58 p.m.