Table 1.

Proposed Additional Core Areas

Core Area	Percentage of panelists rating item as “important” or “very important” (Mean score)
	Teaching	Assessing
1. The financial and operational responsibilities of Principal  Investigators	50 (2.56)	N/A†
2. Social responsibilities of researchers	89* (3.28)	47 (2.65)
3. Historical background in responsible conduct of research	61 (2.72)	N/A†
4. Current issues in responsible conduct of research	89* (3.28)	50 (2.61)
5. Lab safety and environmental health	56 (2.72)	N/A†
6. Philosophy of science, including roles of bias and world  views in science	39 (2.50)	N/A†

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^*Item achieved a “consensus” by receiving a rating of important or very important from two-thirds of panelists

^†Not applicable because these items were eliminated after round 2 and their importance of being assessed was not measured