SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH INTEGRITY   (SARI)

In 2009 The Graduate School instituted a new requirement for training in Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) that includes two components:

• Completion of the appropriate training module provided by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) during the student's first year
• At least 5 hours of discipline-specific, discussion-based ethics training before graduation

All students enrolled in graduate programs offered by the College of Medicine except Public Health Sciences and Homeland Security will met the requirements by completing the following:

• Completion of the CITI module Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research Course 1
• Pass the course IBIOS 591 – Ethics in the Life Sciences (Fall section, Spring Section)

Students in Public Health Sciences will met the requirements by completing the following:

• Completion of the CITI module Human Subjects Research
• Pass the course PHS 500 - Research Ethics for Clinical Investigators

Students in Masters In Homeland Security will met the requirements by completing the following:

• Pass the course HLS 410 - Public Health Preparedness for Disaster and Terrorist Emergencies I

INTEGRITY RESOURCES

• Academic Integrity at Penn State: A Statement by the Council of Academic Deans
• Senate Policy 49-20 on Academic Honesty
• Graduate School Policies

• Penn State College of Medicine Honor Code

• PSU Copyright Perspectives  - Perspectives on Intellectual Propert, copyright and legal alternatives

• Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Research Integrity
  • Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing, by Miguel Roig, Ph.D
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• National Institutes of Health
  
  • Training in the Responsible Conduct of Research
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• Office of Judicial Affairs - University Park campus
• Office of Judicial Affairs - Hershey campus

• COM Academic Integrity Form