Scientific Integrity at the Public Health Agency of Canada

Overview

Delivery method

Online

Duration

2 hours

Audience

PHAC employees

Description

This course presents key aspects of the Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada Scientific Integrity Policy (HC-PHAC SIP) in an engaging and interactive way. The six short modules use scenarios to present important information and include a variety of learning activities so that you can check your understanding and assess your learning throughout.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain how you can adhere to the principles of scientific integrity and standards of responsible research conduct in your work
• Recognize potential interference or conflicts of interest, and identify ways to avoid them
• Explain why openness and transparency are important, and determine when and how you should acknowledge contributions to scientific outputs
• Identify a breach of scientific integrity and know what you can do to address it