A Vignette-based Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Impact of Supervisor's Role on Research Practices of Doctoral Students

The Study Focus on no Specific Condition Clinical Trial

Official title: A Vignette-based Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Impact of Supervisor's Role on Research Practices of Doctoral Students Facing Dilemma Situations

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to evaluate the influence of supervisors on PhD students' research practice (i.e., an environment where there is a lack of opposition to detrimental research practice from the supervisor)

Clinical Trial Description

PhD students are the next generation of researchers and will present the field in the future. However, several environmental factors might influence their research practice. In this study, we will evaluate the influence of supervisors on PhD students' research practice (an environment where there is a lack of opposition to detrimental research practice from the supervisor).

Objective: To evaluate the influence of supervisors on PhD students' research practice

Design: A randomized controlled trial

1. Intervention: Participants will be shown two case vignettes describing dilemma situations in research reported with and without the role of the supervisor.

2. Participants: The participants will be PhD students in all biomedical disciplines.

3. Sample size will be 300 participants

4. Primary outcome: In each vignette, participants will have to indicate which solution they prefer on a semantic differential scale, rated from - 5 to -1 (preference for solution A) and from 1 to 5 (preference for solution B). Participants will be forced to make a choice between the 2 solutions. The primary outcome will be the mean preference score.

5. This study is approved by ethics review regulations by INSERM (CEEI-IRB): IRB00003888 ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• The Study Focus on no Specific Condition

• NCT number: NCT04263506
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Contact: Isabelle Boutron, Professor
• Phone: +33 (0)1.42.34.78.33
• Email: isabelle.boutron@aphp.fr
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2020
• Completion date: December 1, 2020