생명과학 연구자들의 자료처리 및 논문발표에 대한 인식을 바탕으로 한 연구윤리교육의 방향 모색

Abstract

Case-based discussion is a popular tool in ethics education for developing moral reasoning and analytical thinking skills. In this study, short flash animations were made for life science research ethics education. These animations can be used to introduce the topics and to trigger active participations in case-based discussion classes. The episodes were selected based upon survey results among life scientists. The questionnaires included ethical dilemmas in conducting research, data management, authorship, proper citation, record keeping, and so forth. The results indicated that many graduate students want to know more about data processing, record keeping, ownership of the research products etc. The episodes deals with real-laboratory problems that the junior researchers in life science needed. Each animation runs from 2 to 6 minutes long and is followed by a few questions without easy, strait-forward answers for discussions. Ten animations in total were made and the titles of the animations are as follows: Truth and Consequences(Responsibilities of Coauthors), Processing' Data(Data Cooking or Respectable, Scientific Decision?), How to keep Lab Notes(The Baltimore Case and the Laser Patent), Conditions for a Scientific Experiment(To Guarantee Objectivity in an Experiment), Laboratory Philosophy(Life, Conflicts and self-regulation), On Mentoring(The Rise and Fall of a Prodigy with Golden Hands), Whose Idea is it?(Same Thoughts at the Same Time), Leaving the Laboratory(Who owns the research products?), How to Share the Research Products(When Asked for a New Bacterial Strain), Who Owns the Lab Note(Planning for Collaborative Research). These animations were open to researchers via a website for Good Research Practice (http://www.cgrp.or.kr).