Strengthen penalties on those convicted of
misconduct
Review conflicts of interest guidelines
Require signed agreements from all authors; ensure that each one is sent that agreement and returns it
Make more people aware of the issue (as the New England
Journal of Medicine has done)
Find ways to increases information literacy of various groupse.g., locate and evaluate information before using it.
Do not assume the problem resides only with
students
Become familiar with the Office of Research Integrity (Department of Health and Human Services), http://ori.hhs.gov/html/programs/instructresource.asp