Self-reported cheating among medical students: An alarming finding in a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

Abdulghani, Hamza Mohammad; Haque, Shafiul; Almusalam, Yousef Abdullah; Alanezi, Saleh Lafi; Alsulaiman, Yazeed Abdulaziz; Irshad, Muhammad; Shaik, Shaffi Ahamed; Khamis, Nehal

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“…These results are in agreement with Abdulghani et al 's study which also found that students with high GPAs were less likely to cheat. 15 However, the current results were not in line with Kattan et al 's findings, who found no significant correlation between attitudes and attendance in ethics courses but did find that medical trainees who had previously authored scientific publications and attended writing courses tended to lean positively towards plagiarism. 9 Educating students and faculty can help change their attitudes toward and perceptions of plagiarism, but it is also important to have a standard institutional policy against plagiarised content, mandating punishment for repeat offenders.…”

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“…The impact of GPA on cheating has been previously investigated, although with mixed results. [15][16][17] A study involving Saudi Arabian medical students showed that students with higher GPAs are less likely to be involved in cheating and a study on pharmacy students showed a similar association. 15,16 However, Hrabak et al did not find significant differences between GPA scores and academic misconduct.…”

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“…[15][16][17] A study involving Saudi Arabian medical students showed that students with higher GPAs are less likely to be involved in cheating and a study on pharmacy students showed a similar association. 15,16 However, Hrabak et al did not find significant differences between GPA scores and academic misconduct. 17 Interestingly, in the present study, 58.8% of the respondents had attended medical ethics courses and 20.7% had authored a paper prior to the survey.…”

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Plagiarism Perceptions and Attitudes Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia

Alhadlaq

Dahmash

Alshomer

2020

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

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Objectives: This study aimed to determine attitudes towards and perceptions of plagiarism among medical students in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional, multicentre study was conducted between April and May 2018 and involved medical students enrolled in three medical schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The previously validated Attitude Towards Plagiarism questionnaire was used to evaluate approval (i.e. a positive attitude) and disapproval of plagiarism (i.e. a negative attitude) among medical students. Furthermore, this study evaluated whether attending medical writing courses or courses in medical ethics influenced medical students’ attitudes towards plagiarism. Results: A total of 551 students participated in the study (response rate = 73.5%). A significant association was found between mean negative and positive attitude scores and grade point average (GPA; P = 0.004 and 0.007, respectively). Students attending medical ethics courses had higher mean negative attitude scores compared to students who did not attend such courses (odds ratio = 2.369, 95% confidence interval: 1.540–3.645; P <0.001). Attending medical ethics courses was associated with a significantly more negative attitude towards plagiarism (P <0.001, each). Conclusion: The majority of medical students in Saudi Arabia included in this study indicated a highly negative attitude towards plagiarism. A higher GPA, the authoring of a published manuscript and attending courses in medical ethics were associated with negative attitudes towards plagiarism among medical students.Keywords: Plagiarism; Attitude; Cross-Sectional Study; Medicine; Medical Students; Saudi Arabia.

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Plagiarism Perceptions and Attitudes Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia

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Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

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“…Similar results were also found by Abdulghani et.al. 30 The tendency to cheat may be influenced by contextual factors, in the extent that cheaters perceive or know that their peers cheat. 31 They consider that the behavior is a normal practice in academic life.…”

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To Cheat or not to Cheat? Sex Differences and Academic Performance as Factors of Cheating Behavior

Hadjar

2019

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Cheating behavior at higher education is a global phenomenon since it is found at any university in any country. This study is to examine whether sex differences and academic performance reflect the different likelihood of doing cheating among students. Using a questionnaire, data were collected from 436 students selected from different semesters and study programs in all faculties at a State Islamic University. Data were analyzed by using logistic regression, both separately and simultaneously. The results of data analysis revealed that male students tend to be more likely to do cheating categories than that of their female counterparts. It also found that academic performance affects negatively the likelihood of students to cheat in three categories of cheating behavior, but not in the other three. There is no stimulant effect of sex and academic performance on the likelihood of all categories of cheating behaviors. In other words, the effect of sex differences is not depended on academic performance and vice versa.

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“…There is substantial evidence that academic dishonesty and cheating in medical schools and colleges is common in many countries, with adverse implications for the quality of health workers [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. This paper does not look at cheating by students in health colleges, but there is no doubt that it too, undermines the principle of merit-based recruitment of health workers.…”

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Promoting anti-corruption, transparency and accountability in the recruitment and promotion of health workers to safeguard health outcomes

Kirya

2020

Global Health Action

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Background: Human Resources for Health are a core building block of a health system, playing a crucial role in improving health outcomes. While the existing literature has examined various forms of corruption that affect the health sector, few articles have examined the role and impact of corruption in the recruitment and promotion of health-workers.Objectives: This study reviews the role of corrupt practices such as nepotism, bribery and sextortion in health-worker recruitment and promotion and their implications for health systems.Methods: The study is based on an interdisciplinary non-systematic review of peer-reviewed journal articles in the public health/medicine and political science literature, complemented with the 'grey' literature such as technical reports and working papers. Results: Political and personal ties, rather than merit are often factors in the recruitment and promotion of health-workers in many countries. This results in the employment or promotion of poorly qualified or unsuitable workers, with negative implications for health outcomes. Conclusion: Corrupt practices in health-worker recruitment and promotion 'set the tone' for other forms of corruption such as absenteeism, embezzlement, theft and bid-rigging to flourish, as those recruited corruptly can collude for nefarious purposes. On the other hand, merit-based recruitment is important for curbing corruption. Corrupt recruitment practices have deleterious effects on health-worker motivation and retention, quality and competency, citizens' trust in health services and health outcomes. Whereas international law and policy such as the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and the WHO Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health state that recruitment of public officers and health workers respectively should be done in a transparent and accountable manner, more research is needed to inform policies on merit-based recruitment. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Self-reported cheating among medical students: An alarming finding in a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

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Plagiarism Perceptions and Attitudes Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia

Plagiarism Perceptions and Attitudes Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia

To Cheat or not to Cheat? Sex Differences and Academic Performance as Factors of Cheating Behavior

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