True Confessions?: Alumni's Retrospective Reports on Undergraduate Cheating Behaviors

Yardley, Jennifer; Rodríguez, Melanie Domenech; Bates, Scott C.; Nelson, Jill K.

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“…[12] Another study raised an alarm when 81.7% of college alumni admitted to academic misconduct during their college years in the USA. [13] The present study also indicates that almost all of the medical student participants in the UAE were involved in at least one act of academic dishonesty, the most common ones being giving the proxy for attendance, getting technical help during exams and copying during exams.…”

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Professionalism among multicultural medical students in the United Arab Emirates

Abdulrahman

Alsalehi

Husain

et al. 2017

Medical Education Online

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Background: Moral competencies and ethical practices of medical professionals are among the desired outcomes of academic training. Unfortunately, academic dishonesty and misconduct are reported from medical colleges across the world. This study investigates the level of academic dishonesty/misconduct among multicultural medical students. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the level of academic dishonesty/misconduct among multicultural medical students. Design: Validated and customized version of Dundee Polyprofessionalism Inventory-1 detailing lapses of professionalism in undergraduate health professions education was used to determine the perceived prevalence and self-reported lapses of academic integrity in this study. Results: This study shows that the majority (458/554, 83%) of medical students have admitted to acts of academic dishonesty mentioned in the questionnaire. Approximately 42% (231/554) of the students have given proxy for attendance and 71% of them considered this as an offense. Similarly, 12% (66/554) have copied from the record books of others, and 86% (477/554) have considered it unethical. In addition, 5% (28/554) of the students revealed forging a teacher’s signature in their record or logbooks, with 16% (91/554) of them reporting that they have seen others forge signatures. Conclusion: This is the first multi-center, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic study involving a large number of participants that addresses academic professionalism among medical students in the Middle East. Certainly, the paucity of data limits definitive conclusions about the best approach to prevent academic misconduct in the UAE medical schools. Yet, the results of our study are anticipated not only to benefit the UAE but also to find application in the Arab world, with similar medical school programs, values, culture and tradition.

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Professionalism among multicultural medical students in the United Arab Emirates

Abdulrahman

Alsalehi

Husain

et al. 2017

Medical Education Online

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“…In addition, academic cheating shows some similarities with academic procrastination as both are more frequently observed in males than in females and in impulsive students who strongly disagree with academic rules (Anderman, Cupp, & Lane, 2009;Brunell, Staats, Barden, & Hupp, 2011;Karim, Zamzuri, & Nor, 2009;Miller, Murdock, Anderman, & Poindexter, 2007). Moreover, students who tend to plagiarise and cheat get lower grades, show a lower level of conscientiousness and self efficacy and attend lessons less frequently than honest students (Yardley, Domènech, Bates, & Nelson, 2009), characteristics which are also described as usual for procrastinators (Ackerman & Gross, 2005;Clariana et al, 2011;Klassen et al, 2009).…”

Section: Academic Cheatingmentioning

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Procrastination and cheating from secondary school to university

Clariana¹,

Gotzens²,

Badia³

et al. 2017

EJREP

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“…They have cited extenuating circumstances, such as high workloads, unreasonable faculties demands, and time pressures that induce them to engage in academic dishonesty [14] . Students have been expected to master increasingly difficult subject matter as the volume and complexity of nursing knowledge increases [1,10,11,15,16] . McCabe [8] reported that students in accelerated programs were more likely to engage in cheating, and suggested this may be due to increased time pressure or decreased time for socialization into the profession.…”

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“…O'Rourke et al [14] reported that students justified cheating by charging that peers who cheat gain unfair advantage. Students who believe that they must succeed may see academic dishonesty as crucial to achieving their goals [15,16] . Nursing students have reported sabotaging peers in an effort to remain competitive [9] .…”

Section: Factors That Influence Academic Dishonesty Among Nursing Stumentioning

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The impact of a journal club intervention on student perceptions and behaviours regarding academic dishonesty

Woith

Jenkins²,

Kerber³

2012

JNEP

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Background: There has been an increase in academic dishonesty among nursing students. Reasons for this increase are due in part to greater demands on nursing students and ready availability of technology that facilitates these behaviours. The purpose of this study was to determine if participation in a journal club would impact nursing students' perceptions and behaviours regarding academic dishonesty. This issue needs attention because it impacts professional integrity.

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True Confessions?: Alumni's Retrospective Reports on Undergraduate Cheating Behaviors

Cited by 75 publications

References 11 publications

Professionalism among multicultural medical students in the United Arab Emirates

Professionalism among multicultural medical students in the United Arab Emirates

Procrastination and cheating from secondary school to university

The impact of a journal club intervention on student perceptions and behaviours regarding academic dishonesty

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