Ending Sexual Harassment - Teaching Of Principal Investigators

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study targets three aims: Aim 1: focuses on PIs' and mentors' confidence in their ability to intervene on sexual harassment and their attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge (APK) about sexual harassment, civility, microaggressions, and unconscious bias. Aim 2: focuses on trainees' experiences of sexual harassment and microaggressions and civility, sense of belonging, well-being, productivity, and persistence in a research career. Aim 3: focuses on the culture and climate of the research learning environment.

Detailed Description
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Participants (PIs, mentors, and trainees), starting in year one, will be asked to complete a baseline survey (using the secure survey software Qualtrics) regardless of condition assignment. Then, for nine months, PIs, mentors, and mentees will receive virtual educational materials (presented using a Learning Management System) appropriate to the condition to which their program has been randomized. The initial post-survey for PIs and mentors will be integrated into the final module to evaluate short-term outcomes, encompassing attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge. Subsequently, the second post-survey will be administered one year later. Trainees will participate in three post-surveys: one immediately after, another one year later, and a final one two years later.

Official Title
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Ending Sexual Harassment - Teaching Of Principal Investigators

Conditions
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Sexual Harassment

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: E-STOP online educational program (treatment condition)
* Behavioral: E-STOP online educational program (control condition)


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: PIs, Mentors and Trainees of T-32 Programs Exclusion Criteria: People who are not PIs, Mentors and Trainees of T-32 Programs

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention Group / year 1<br>Beginning in year 1, participants access online video modules through an online learning platform for up to 9 months. | Behavioral: E-STOP online educational program (treatment condition)<br>* Participants access online video modules through an online learning platform. Program includes modules on civility and upstander interventions and education about sexual harassment, microaggressions, and implicit bias.<br>|
| Experimental: Control Condition Group / year 1<br>Beginning in year 1, participants access online video modules through an online learning platform for up to 9 months. | Behavioral: E-STOP online educational program (control condition)<br>* Participants access online video modules through an online learning platform. Program includes authorship ethics only.<br>|
| Experimental: Intervention Group / year 2<br>Beginning in year 2, participants access online video modules through an online learning platform for up to 9 months. | Behavioral: E-STOP online educational program (treatment condition)<br>* Participants access online video modules through an online learning platform. Program includes modules on civility and upstander interventions and education about sexual harassment, microaggressions, and implicit bias.<br>|
| Experimental: Control Condition Group / year 2<br>Beginning in year 2, participants access online video modules through an online learning platform for up to 9 months. | Behavioral: E-STOP online educational program (control condition)<br>* Participants access online video modules through an online learning platform. Program includes authorship ethics only.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Confidence to Intervene on Sexual Harassment Scale Score | Participants are asked to rate: How confident are you in your ability to intervene when you hear about or witness sexual harassment? Score range: 1 (not at all confident) to 5 (extremely confident). | Survey at baseline, immediately post-intervention (9 months after baseline), and 1 year after the completion of the 9-month intervention | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Persistence in research careers | Participants are asked to rate: How extensively do you expect to be involved in research during your medical career? Score range 1 (not involved) to 5 (exclusively) | baseline, immediately post-intervention (9 months after baseline), and 1 year after completion of the 9-month intervention. | 
| Experiences of sexual harassment as measured by the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ) | The SEQ consists of 4 domains: gender harassment--sexist hostility (4 questions); gender harassment--sexual hostility (8 questions); unwanted sexual attention (7 questions); and sexual coercion (5 questions); the score for each question ranges from 1 (never) to 5 (many times); scores for questions within each domain are summed and divided by the number of questions, resulting in an average score range from 1 (never) to 5 (many times) for each domain. | baseline, immediately post-intervention (9 months after baseline), and 1 year after completion of the 9-month intervention. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Sexual Harassment Prevention, Educational Online Training, Video Game Elements, Upstanding