Academic Integrity

Code:

OPT149

Acronym:

IA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	10	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	4	-	3	28	81
			5

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:

1. Know and apply knowledge about core concepts of ethics and academic and professional integrity
2. Identify academic and professional questionable practices and fraud.
3. Recognize the impact of questionable practices and fraud (fabrication, falsification and plagiarism) on academic and professional integrity
4. Demonstrate compreensive understanding about the process of writing and publish a scientic paper
5. 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.