[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2297-2298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-632]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-new; 30-Day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Request. 30-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, email your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-5683. Send written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days 
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 
(202) 395-5806.
    Proposed Project: Evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational 
interactive video on research integrity--OMB No. 0990-New-Office of 
Research Integrity.
    Abstract: The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) proposes to 
conduct a nine-month evaluation study of the effectiveness of an 
educational interactive video on research integrity.
    The study seeks to answer two questions: (a) Objectively, is the 
Educational Interactive Video for Research Integrity (EIVRI) effective 
in achieving learning outcomes? (b) Subjectively, do learners and 
teachers perceive the video simulation as effective in helping them 
learn and teach research integrity? To answer the first question, a 
pretest-posttest control group experimental design is used to assess 
the effectiveness of individual learning of research integrity 
principles and concepts through the use of the video simulation. The 
video simulation instruction will be incorporated into an existing 
syllabus for a research integrity or research ethics course for the 
treatment group. The control group will use the existing syllabus with 
no video simulation in class. Participants will be graduate students 
enrolled in these ethics courses to learn and apply the responsible 
conduct of research at educational institutions. Participants will fill 
out a demographics form to discern if they have had prior training 
experience in research integrity. Those who have prior training 
experience and those who do not have prior training experience will be 
randomly assigned to either the treatment group or the control group. 
The random assignment will be done by picking the last digit of each 
individual's social security number for

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the two groups. The video simulation will be approximately four-hour 
long total. All students will take a pre-test quiz when they fill out 
the demographics form. Once the treatment is completed, all students 
will be asked to take a post-test quiz and answer a post-viewing 
questionnaire to capture their perceptions of the video simulation.
    To answer the second question, the study will collect qualitative 
data from semi-structured interviews as well as focus groups. The semi-
structured interviews will be conducted twice with faculty who teach 
the courses in the first part of the study, in person or on the phone, 
before and after he/she uses the video simulation. Participants for the 
focus groups will be selected from the students who participate in the 
first part of the study. The focus group will last one hour.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                          Number of      Average burden
                      Forms                               Type of respondent             Number of      responses per    (in hours) per    Total burden
                                                                                        respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Educational Interactive Video...................  Individuals/Households............            3000                1            14/60              700
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Keith A. Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-632 Filed 1-13-12; 8:45 am]
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