National Postdoctoral Association

RCR TOOLKIT
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Below are links to various sample curricula, agenda and program materials that are available for download.

Program Agenda and Syllabuses

• "Interviews and Interviewing: How to get what you want" Workshop, Stanford University Postdoctoral Association
  Download: Interviews & Interviewing Workshop Overview
  
  
• "Managing, Motivating and Mentoring your Workforce" Workshop, Stanford University Postdoctoral Association
  Download: Motivating Managing Mentoring Workshop Overview
  
  
• "Developing a career progress plan" Workshop, Stanford University Postdoctoral Association
  Download: Developing a Career Plan Workshop Overview
  
  
• International Scholar Orientation Program, Medical University of South Carolina
  Download: International Scholar Orientation Program agenda
  
  
• "RCR ON THE PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE: A program for postdoctoral fellows," RCR Workshop Series, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama RCR Workshop Series Agenda
  
  
• "Postdoc Survival Skills," University at Buffalo
  Download: Buffalo Postdoc Survival Skills Agenda
  
  
• "Train-the Trainer" Biomedical Research Ethics Course for Postdoctoral Scholars, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Download: UNC RCR teacher training syllabus
  
  
• Ethics Training Short Course for Postdocs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Download: UNC Ethics Training Agenda
  
  
• Learning Goals for Training and Education in the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research/Scholarship, Michigan State University
  Download: MSU RCR Learning Goals
  
  

Exercises and Case Studies

• PI Interview Assignment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Download: UNC PI Interview Assignment
  
  
• Postdoc Case Studies (and Responses) on Data Ownership & Sharing, Intellectual Property, and Research Misconduct, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  Download Assignment: ORAU Postdoc Case Study E-mail Assignments
  Download Responses: ORAU Postdoc Case Study Scenarios & Responses
  
  
• Data Ownership Case Studies, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama Data Ownership Case Studies
  
  
• Grant Writing Case Study, including visa issues for international postdocs, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama Grant Writing Case Studies
  
  
• Mentoring Case Study, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama Mentoring Case Study
  
  
• Research Misconduct Case Studies, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama Misconduct Case Studies
  
  
• Peer Review Case Study, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama Peer Review Case Studies
  
  
• Authorship and Collaboration Case Studies, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama Authorship & Collaboration Case Studies
  
  

RCR Brochures and Completion Certificates

• RCR Informational Brochure for Postdocs, Brown University
  Download: Brown RCR Brochure for Postdocs
  Provides information on RCR topics targeted for postdocs
  
  
• RCR Brochure for Postdocs, including information on RCR training courses, University of South Alabama
  Download: USoAlabama RCR Brochure
  
  
• RCR Series Completion Certificate, Michigan State University
  Download: MSU RCR Completion Certificate
  
  
• Brochure on RCR Training Courses, Michigan State University
  Download: MSU RCR Course Brochure
  
  

Program Evaluation Forms and Surveys

• RCR Baseline Knowledge Pre-Survey, MD Anderson Cancer Center Postdoc Association
  Download: RCR Pre-Survey MD Anderson
  
  
• International Postdoc RCR Survey, Medical University of South Carolina
  Download: MUSC Internatl Postdoc RCR pre-survey
  Pre-test to assess knowledge and attitudes towards RCR topics among international postdocs
  
  
• Postdoc RCR Attitudes Survey, University of Washington
  Download: UW RCR Attitudes Surve
  
  
• Postdoc Baseline RCR Knowledge Pre-Test, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  Download: ORAU RCR Pre-Survey
  
  
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pre-Assessment and Course Evaluation
  Download Pre-Survey: CHOP RCR pre-survey
  Download Evaluation: CHOP RCR post-survey
  
  

Flyers and Other Marketing Materials

• Conference Flyer with speakers, "Scientific Integrity: Conflicts in Research and Education," University of Pennsylvania
  Download: Penn RCR Conference Flyer
  
  
• Ethics Training Short Course, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Download: UNC Ethics Training Flyer
  
  

Postdoc Performance Evaluations

• Postdoc Annual Performance Evaluation Form, Brown University
  Download: Brown Postdoc Ann Evaluation Form
  
  
• Postdoctoral Scholar Annual Evaluation Form, UCLA
  Feedback and assessment on postdoc's overall performance
  
  
• Research / Career Development Plan & Periodic Evaluation Form, UCLA
  Tool for setting and assessing progress towards short- and long-term research and career goals
  
  

Presentation Slides

• Powerpoint slides with questions for use with "clickers" or personal response systems, Michigan State University
  The following were developed for use with the TurningPoint response system
  
  
  • Basic RCR Awareness questions
    Download: MSU RCR Clicker Slides - Basic RCR Awareness
    
    
  • Case Studies: Human Subjects and Publishing
    Download: MSU RCR Clicker Slides - Human Subjects & Publishing
    
    
  • Case Studies: Data Ownership and Animal Subjects
    Download: MSU RCR Clicker Slides - Data Ownership & Animal Subjects
    
    
  • RCR Attitude questions
    Download: MSU RCR Clicker Slides - RCR Attitudes
    
    

Other

• Tool Kit for Postdoctoral Scholars and Faculty Mentors, UCLA
  
  
• Compact Between Postdoctoral Scholars and Faculty Mentors, UCLA
  Articulates the roles and responsibilities of both the Postdoctoral Scholar and Faculty Mentor.