Montuno Eli, Davidson Alex, Iwasaki Karen, Jones Susan, Martin Jay, Brooks Dina, Gibson Barbara E, Mori Brenda
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Physiother Can. 2012 Summer;64(3):245-54. doi: 10.3138/ptc.2011-13.
To examine academically dishonest behaviours based on physical therapy (PT) students' current practices and educators' prior behaviours as PT students.
A Web-based questionnaire was sent to 174 students and 250 educators from the PT programme at the University of Toronto. The questionnaire gathered data on demographics as well as on the prevalence of, seriousness of, and contributing factors to academic dishonesty (AD).
In all, 52.4% of educators and 44.3% of students responded to the questionnaire over a 6-week data-collection period. Scenarios rated the most serious were the least frequently performed by educators and students. The impact of generation on attitudes and prevalence of AD was not significant. The factors most commonly reported as contributing to AD were school-related pressure, disagreement with evaluation methods, and the perception that "everyone else does it."
This study parallels the findings of similar research conducted in other health care programmes: AD does occur within the PT curriculum. AD was more prevalent in situations associated with helping peers than in those associated with personal gain. The consistency in behaviours reported across generations suggests that some forms of cheating are accepted as the social norm and may be a function of the environment.
基于物理治疗（PT）专业学生当前的行为以及教育工作者作为PT专业学生时先前的行为，研究学术不诚实行为。
向多伦多大学PT专业项目的174名学生和250名教育工作者发送了一份基于网络的问卷。该问卷收集了有关人口统计学数据，以及学术不诚实行为的发生率、严重程度和促成因素的数据。
在为期6周的数据收集期内，共有52.4%的教育工作者和44.3%的学生回复了问卷。教育工作者和学生执行频率最低的是被评为最严重的情况。代际对学术不诚实态度和发生率的影响不显著。最常被报告为促成学术不诚实行为的因素是学校相关压力、对评估方法的不同意见以及“其他人都这么做”的看法。
本研究与其他医疗保健项目中进行的类似研究结果相似：学术不诚实行为确实发生在PT课程中。学术不诚实行为在与帮助同伴相关的情况下比在与个人利益相关的情况下更为普遍。各代人报告的行为一致性表明，某些形式的作弊被视为社会规范，可能是环境的一种作用。
