Developing and Communicating Responsible Data Management Policies to Trainees and Colleagues (original) (raw)

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The basic components of data management including data ownership, collection, selection, recording, analysis, storage, retention, destruction, and sharing. A number of important principles underlie best practices for each of these components; these include recording details such that another can repeat the experiment, keeping the data safe, managing storage in such a way as to facilitate easy retrieval for the period of time required by regulatory agencies and establishing data sharing principles with colleagues before collaborations begin. Experience as practicing scientists and teachers has aided in developing helpful strategies and approaches for communicating these principles, policies and practices to trainees and colleagues. We recommend didactic instruction focused by discipline, combined with the use of “teachable moments” in a student’s career, as well as teaching principles versus rules, because changing methods of data collection and storage have implications for data management practices.

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We would like to thank Stephanie Bird for arranging the ORI meeting, her encouragement to convert the presentations to a manuscript, and comments on the text. This paper is Technical Contribution No. 5317 of the Clemson University Experiment Station.

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1. Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 100 Jordan Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
   Julia Frugoli
2. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
   Anne M. Etgen
3. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
   Michael Kuhar

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2. Anne M. Etgen
3. Michael Kuhar

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Frugoli, J., Etgen, A.M. & Kuhar, M. Developing and Communicating Responsible Data Management Policies to Trainees and Colleagues.Sci Eng Ethics 16, 753–762 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-010-9219-1

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• Received: 01 March 2007
• Accepted: 24 March 2010
• Published: 29 June 2010
• Issue date: December 2010
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-010-9219-1

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