| Croatian medical students see academic dishonesty as an acceptable behaviour: a cross-sectional multicampus study. | |
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PMID: 22240586 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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AimTo provide insights into the students' attitude towards academic integrity and their perspective of academic honesty at Croatian medical schools.MethodsA cross-sectional study using an anonymous questionnaire containing 29 questions on frequency of cheating, perceived seriousness of cheating, perceptions on integrity atmosphere, cheating behaviour of peers and on willingness to report misconduct. Participants were third-year (preclinical) and fifth-year (clinical) students from all four Croatian Schools of Medicine. Outcome measures were descriptive statistical correlates and differences in students' self-reported educational dishonesty, perceptions of cheating behaviour and medical school integrity atmosphere.ResultsOf the 1074 students enrolled in the third and fifth year, 662 (62%) completed the questionnaire. A large proportion of the students (97%) admitted using some method of cheating and 78% admitted engaging in at least one form of misconduct. About 50% had a lenient attitude towards six acts of academic dishonesty. Only 2% reported another student for cheating. Risk factors for cheating were strongly correlated with students' perceptions of peer cheating behaviour, peer approval of cheating, low perception of seriousness of cheating and inappropriate severity level of exams and teaching materials.ConclusionsCheating is prevalent in Croatian medical schools and academic dishonesty is seen as acceptable behaviour among numerous future Croatian doctors. |
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Suncana Kukolja Taradi; Milan Taradi; Zoran Dogas |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-12 |
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Title: Journal of medical ethics Volume: - ISSN: 1473-4257 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7513619 Medline TA: J Med Ethics Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Physiology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. |
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