I made a small amount of progress toward my dissertation project today.
-Contacted one of the sources (university contractor) for potential participants to request a meeting -Contacted two individuals in university HR to discuss recruiting among employees. I was watching a great video on TedMed of Ben Goldacre discussing the number of (unsuccessful) clinical drug trials that are not published. I had been exposed to some readings about publication bias, i.e., the tendency to publish mostly to only successful results during graduate classes. Goldacre mentioned the necessity of registering all trials when they are initiated. I looked at Clinicaltrials.gov and while there do not appear to be US policies that require legislation of non drug treatments, there are other regulations, including WHO guildlines and the ICMJE statement that require registration of behavioral treatments. Under these guidelines, I should register my dissertation research and report the results. I am going to need to get some more information to find out exactly how to do this, though. I do plan (hope) to publish my results and it seems a little silly for me to 'register' my 24 person (hopefully) intervention with a government agency. On the other hand, think about all of the information that would be accessible if everyone did do this. I know that lots of theses and dissertations are not published - and not always due to unsuccessful results. Sometimes it is due to the fact that the writer does not want to spend the time on it. All it all, it seems like the 'right' thing to do.
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AuthorI am Sheryl L. Chatfield, Ph.D, C.T.R.S. I am a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. I also Co-coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and I am a member of the Design Innovation Team at Kent State. Archives
February 2024
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