Avoiding the Plagiarism Trap

Saturday, May 4, 2024

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 602

CE: Live CME: 1.5

Leader(s)

Linda Fu, MD, MS (she/her/hers)

Associate Editor
Pediatrics In Review, Maryland, United States

Slides

Co-Leader(s)

Rani Gereige, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Executive Director of Medical Education & DIO, DEI Lead
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida, United States
Joseph Zenel, MD (he/him/his)

Professor Emeritus
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Bend, Oregon, United States
Hugh Allen, MD

Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University and Baylor colleges of medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Missouri City, Texas, United States
Aamir Jeewa, MD (he/him/his)

Staff Cardiologist
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Janet Serwint, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor Emerita of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Glen Arm, Maryland, United States

Disclosure(s):

Linda Fu, MD, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Rani S. Gereige, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Joseph A. Zenel, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Hugh D. Allen, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Aamir Jeewa, MD: Abbott (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant); Merck (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator); Novartis (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator); Ultragenyx (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Advisory Committee)

Janet R. Serwint, MD: HRSA (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant); Kravitt Foundation (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant); NICHD (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant); Pediatrics in Review, AAP, Assoc Editor (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Board Member or Executive Role)

Workshop

Description: This workshop will provide participants with an experiential learning opportunity to develop good writing habits as a preventive measure against falling into the plagiarism trap. During the workshop, participants will learn what constitutes plagiarism in its various forms (direct, duplicate, mosaic, self, accidental, and generative artificial intelligence (AI)) from senior editors for high-distribution and high-impact journals. Participants will also view a demonstration of software programs that detect plagiarism. After these preliminary activities, the majority of the session will involve engaging in case-based discussions. Participants will work in facilitated small groups to identify features of sample texts that cause them to be considered plagiaristic or not and to amend the problematic passages. Small groups will then consider what to do when confronted with a case of suspected or confirmed plagiarism from the perspective of different parties (i.e., junior author, senior author, editor, institutional leadership) in alignment with recommendations from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to identify plagiarism in medical writing, understand the potential consequences of committing plagiarism, and take active steps to avoid it. This workshop session is relevant to anyone involved in writing, reviewing, or overseeing academic publications, especially early- and mid-career faculty and trainees.

Learning Objectives:

Define plagiarism and identify its various forms.
List the potential consequences of committing plagiarism and their personal and professional negative impacts.
Take active steps to avoid falling into the plagiarism trap.