Responsible Conduct of Research Training
Promoting the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) is vital to maintaining the health of our patients and reputation of our institutions. NIH defines RCR as "the practice of scientific investigation with integrity. It involves the awareness and application of established professional norms and ethical principles in the performance of all activities related to scientific research."
RCR education at Children's National and George Washington University takes place in several settings and methods to ensure we provide training to the entire research community. Explore our offerings and resources below.
RCR Training
RCR at Children's National Hospital
The RCR Series covers all areas of RCR, including but not limited to:
- Conflict of interest – personal, professional and financial
- Policies regarding human subjects, live vertebrate animal subjects in research and safe laboratory practices
- Mentor/mentee responsibilities and relationships
- Collaborative research including collaborations with industry
- Peer review
- Data acquisition and laboratory tools; management, sharing and ownership
- Research misconduct and policies for handling misconduct
- Responsible authorship and publication
- The scientist as a responsible member of society, contemporary ethical issues in biomedical research and the environmental and societal impacts of scientific research
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RCR at George Washington University
The George Washington University (GW) is committed to fostering a vibrant research environment in which all students, staff, postdocs, faculty and visiting scholars conduct research ethically and responsibly. This means ensuring that all individuals engaged in the GW research enterprise understand the importance of adhering to professional standards in specific research fields as well as sponsor requirements for training in the ethical and responsible conduct of research. There are numerous RCR-related resources and offerings at GW, including CTR and K-Sig workshops.
Visit GW Office of Research Integrity
As a condition for receiving federal funding for health research training grants and career development awards, federal funders (including NIH, DOD and NSF) require all participants in training grants to receive training in RCR training.
Office for the Protection of Human Subjects (OPHS)
The Office for the Protection of Human Subjects (OPHS), under the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), protects the rights and welfare of all participants in research studies conducted at Children’s National.
Recordings of past OPHS educational sessions and their corresponding slides are available as modules in Cornerstone. Children's National Identity or CNID is needed for access. You can access the OPHS intranet page in the Research section to learn more information on these sessions and upcoming educational series.