October 1, 2024
To stakeholders, institutions, and colleagues:ORI updated the interactive videos The Lab and The Research Clinic to better reflect current workplace environments and concerns, including issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in workplace settings. While still very popular, these original videos are now over a decade old. To ensure quality resources for our community members, The Lab and The Research Clinic better reflect current standards of appropriate workplace behavior in research settings.
For the thousands of users in the U.S. and abroad, ORI updated these videos in order to make them more relevant to a modern audience, addressing teachable moments missed in the original versions. The updated versions use pop-ups, voice overs, and teaching text to offer additional information about issues such as harassment, unconscious bias, microaggressions, racism, workplace culture, emotional health, and more. Since these videos were first published, ORI received feedback from users and stakeholders about how to improve these educational resources, and ORI made many updates in response so that the videos are more consistent and responsive to the current research environment and workplace.
These updated videos can be used immediately. Find the updated videos here: The Lab and The Research Clinic. ORI looks forward to hearing how you implement these popular resources to promote research integrity!
Stay tuned: ORI is working on sequels to both interactive videos. The sequel to The Lab is slated for release in 2025 and the sequel to The Research Clinic will be available in 2026.The Office of Research Integrity
