Academic Integrity
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Medicine |
Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S (of 05-02-2018 to 31-07-2018)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
This curricular unit is intended to assist students to increase their awareness of the importance of academic and professional integrity. At the end of this unit students will be able to:
- Know and apply knowledge about core concepts of ethics and academic and professional integrity
- Identify academic and professional questionable practices and fraud.
- Recognize the impact of questionable practices and fraud (fabrication, falsification and plagiarism) on academic and professional integrity
- Demonstrate compreensive understanding about the process of writing and publish a scientic paper
- Recognize strategies to promote good conduct practices
Learning outcomes and competences
The curricular unit “Academic integrity” is intended to provide, not only with the knowledge and skills for the responsible conduct of research, teaching and professional practice, as to identifiy questionnable conduct practices and fraud.
Students must acquire real and effective ethics and professional integrity, in addition to their knowledge and technical skills and reasoning.
The syllabus of this unit will be covered through lectures taught by different teachers. During the lectures, students will acquire / enhance their knowledge on key concepts related to academic and professional integrity. In these lectures, research concucted in these areas will be also included as well as the presentation of papers in order to maximize active participation and discussion among students. Also, students can improve comprehension skills on various aspects of academic and professional integrity, through the presentation and discussion of simulated cases evaluated by ethics committees.
Working method
Presencial
Program
Program: Definition of academic and professional integrity. The academic and professional environments and their impact on integrity. The scientific publication process: how to write, how to choose a journal and the authors, how to publish and review a paper. Ethical and deontological codes that rule clinical practice: knowledge and skills, general and specific duties, relationship with the patients, relationship between professionals and between institutions. Misconduct and fraud. Mechanisms promoting academic and professional integrity through education. Individual and institutional responsibilities.
Mandatory literature
Universidade do Porto; Declaração de princípios sobre integridade académica da Universidade do Porto
Bretag T; Challenges in addressing plagiarism in education, PLoS Med 10(12):e1001574. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001574., 2013. ISBN: 1932-6203
Wessely S; Retractions: the lessons for research institutions, Lancet. 384:104. , 2014
Martinson BC, Anderson MS, de Vries R ; Scientists behaving badly, Nature 435:737–8., 2005
Fanelli D; Do pressures to publish increase scientists' bias? An empirical support from US States Data., PLoS One 5:e10271: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010271. , 2010
Teaching methods and learning activities
The program outlined above involves 28 hours along 1 semester, with the following modalities: lectures/seminars (14 hours: 1h/week), theoretical practical classes (12 hours: 1h/week).
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
40,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
60,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Calculation formula of final grade
Formative assessment counting 40% of the final mark: it will cover the assessment of student’s participation in the teaching/learning process of the curricular unit.
Summative assessment (essay on the topic of academic integrity) counting 60% of the final mark.