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Responsible Conduct of Research 2: Getting Ready for Submission
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3999-25-00-20There are 25 available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 10/10/2025
PlacePanum
Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N
Date and time10.11.2025, at: 08:30 - 12:30
Regular seats25
Course fee600.00 kr.
LecturersNils Billestrup
ECTS credits1.00
Contact personPhD administration SUND    E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration SUND    E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content

”Special rules apply for this course”



This course is ONLY for PhD students enrolled at SUND in the second or last year of their PhD Plan. All other applicants will get a rejection.

Purpose of the Course

When submitting a PhD thesis, one is typically confronted with a great deal of responsible conduct of research issues. These can be issues on plagiarism, open access requirements, data management, authorship issues, documentation of ethical and legal permissions, etc. The purpose of this course is to help the PhD student to submit, responsibly and successfully, the PhD student’s thesis as well as papers to scientific journals.


Learning objectives

- Understand what it takes to stay clear of plagiarism and self-plagiarism.

- Understand and interpret the result of iTthenticate’s screening for duplicate text.

- Understand and apply relevant legal, scientific and societal norms in regards to the following specific subjects:

*Thesis composition and requirements
* Plagiarism and self-plagiarism
* AI
* Text similarity screening
* Authorship and declarations of co-authorship
* Ethical and legal permissions
*Manuscript submissions and revisions

Requirements and expectations

The course is intended for PhD students who expect to submit their PhD thesis within 12 months. We recommend that the PhD student has passed the mandatory RCR1 course prior to this course. Active participation is necessary to pass the course.


Format of the course

4 hours course with teacher presentations and discussions.


Content of the course

- Thesis composition and requirements
- Plagiarism and Self-plagiarism
- To use or not use (g)AI?
- Screening for text similarity
- Examples of plagiarism
- Authorship and declarations
- Permissions
- From manuscript to published article (A sneak peek into an editorial office)

Please read more about Copyright through this link: https://https://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/thesis-and-defence/thesis_formalities/



ECTS

Participation in this course will be granted 1.0 ECTS.


Limitation

Each course has no more than 25 participating PhD students.


Course Directors

Head of Graduate School, Professor Rikke Buhl, Professor Nils Billestrup and Professor Jens Lykkesfeldt.


Location

The course takes place at Panum, Mærsk Tower, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen N.
Room 13.2.25


Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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