巴基斯坦医学生对学术不端行为的自我报告态度和行为：一项横断面研究。
Self-reported attitudes and behaviours of medical students in Pakistan regarding academic misconduct: a cross-sectional study.
作者信息
Ghias Kulsoom, Lakho Ghulam Rehmani, Asim Hamna, Azam Iqbal Syed, Saeed Sheikh Abdul
机构信息
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P, O, Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
出版信息
BMC Med Ethics. 2014 May 29;15:43. doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-43.
BACKGROUND
Honesty and integrity are key attributes of an ethically competent physician. However, academic misconduct, which includes but is not limited to plagiarism, cheating, and falsifying documentation, is common in medical colleges across the world. The purpose of this study is to describe differences in the self-reported attitudes and behaviours of medical students regarding academic misconduct depending on gender, year of study and type of medical institution in Pakistan.
METHODS
A cross sectional study was conducted with medical students from one private and one public sector medical college. A pre-coded questionnaire about attitudes and behaviours regarding plagiarism, lying, cheating and falsifying documentation was completed anonymously by the students.
RESULTS
A total of 465 medical students filled the questionnaire. 53% of private medical college students reported that they recognize copying an assignment verbatim and listing sources as references as wrong compared to 35% of public medical college students. 26% of private medical college students self-report this behaviour as compared to 42% of public medical college students. 22% of private versus 15% of public medical college students and 21% of students in clinical years compared to 17% in basic science years admit to submitting a fake medical certificate to justify an absence. 87% of students at a private medical college believe that cheating in an examination is wrong as compared to 66% of public medical college students and 24% self-report this behaviour in the former group as compared to 41% in the latter. 63% of clinical year students identify cheating as wrong compared to 89% of their junior colleagues. 71% of male versus 84% of female respondents believe that cheating is wrong and 42% of males compared to 23% of females admit to cheating.
CONCLUSIONS
There are significant differences in medical students' attitudes and behaviours towards plagiarism, lying, cheating and stealing by gender, seniority status and type of institution. The ability to identify acts of academic misconduct does not deter students from engaging in the behaviour themselves, as evidenced by self-reporting.
背景
诚实和正直是具备道德素养的医生的关键品质。然而，学术不端行为，包括但不限于抄袭、作弊和伪造文件，在世界各地的医学院中很常见。本研究的目的是描述巴基斯坦医学生根据性别、学习年份和医学院类型对学术不端行为的自我报告态度和行为差异。
方法
对一所私立和一所公立医学院的医学生进行了横断面研究。学生们匿名填写了一份关于抄袭、说谎、作弊和伪造文件的态度和行为的预编码问卷。
结果
共有465名医学生填写了问卷。53%的私立医学院学生表示他们认为逐字抄袭作业并将来源列为参考文献是错误的，而公立医学院学生中这一比例为35%。26%的私立医学院学生自我报告有这种行为，而公立医学院学生中这一比例为42%。22%的私立医学院学生与15%的公立医学院学生承认提交虚假医疗证明以证明缺勤合理，临床年级的学生中有21%承认，而基础科学年级的学生中这一比例为17%。私立医学院87%的学生认为考试作弊是错误的，而公立医学院学生中这一比例为66%，前者有24%的学生自我报告有这种行为，而后者为41%。63%的临床年级学生认为作弊错误,而他们低年级的同事中这一比例为89%。71%的男性受访者与84%的女性受访者认为作弊是错误的，42%的男性承认作弊，而女性中这一比例为23%。
结论
医学生在性别、年级和院校类型方面对抄袭、说谎、作弊和偷窃的态度和行为存在显著差异。自我报告表明，识别学术不端行为的能力并不能阻止学生自己参与此类行为。
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