Attitudes Toward Academic Dishonesty in Physician Assistant Students

Vail, Margaret; Coleman, Suzanne; Johannsson, Mark; Wright, Karen A.

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“…8,9,16 Males reported higher rates of admitted classroom cheating in nursing and physician assistant programs than females. [17][18][19] Although no study has specifically associated academic dishonesty during didactic years to academic dishonesty in the experiential environment amongst cohorts of pharmacy students, one such study exists in medicine. Medical students who are academically dishonest are more likely to alter laboratory data, patient history, or physical examination findings in a clinical setting.…”

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Gender-Based Differences Among Pharmacy Students Involved in Academically Dishonest Behavior

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Doroudgar

et al. 2018

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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To determine whether differences based on gender exist among pharmacy students involved in cases of admitted cheating or other academic dishonesty and to assess perceptions of academic dishonesty. Two cohorts of second-year male and female pharmacy students from four Northern California pharmacy programs were invited to complete a 45-item cross-sectional survey. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-squared test were used for statistical analysis. There were 330 surveys completed with a 59% response rate. No significant gender-based differences were found regarding admitted cheating in pharmacy school and in regards to participating in various forms of academically dishonest behavior. Female students were more likely than male students to report witnessing a classmate copying another student's assignment. Male students were less likely than female students to perceive a student who distributed a stolen exam as a cheater. No gender-based differences were noted in cases of admitted cheating or with regards to taking part in various forms of academically dishonest behavior. However, female students report witnessing cheating more than male students, and male students may have a more lenient perception toward academically dishonest behavior than female students. The information gathered from this study may provide further insight to pharmacy programs and educators regarding academic dishonesty at their institution.

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Gender-Based Differences Among Pharmacy Students Involved in Academically Dishonest Behavior

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Doroudgar

et al. 2018

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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“…The attitudinal statement that most respondents strongly agreed with was "cheaters in the school end up hurting themselves in the long term." The strongest predictor of cheating in later years of education was a history of cheating in the pre-clinical stage (28). According to Syam and Al-Shaikh, the reasons for cheating among Qatar University students included physiological factors such as fear of failure and being reprimanded by parents, as well as work-related factors such as large class sizes and the teacher (29).…”

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Performance and Attitude of Undergraduate Students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences Towards Cheating in Exams

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Kashefi

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Strides Dev Med Educ

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Background and Objectives: Cheating is a common phenomenon that can undermine the credibility of university tests and certificates. Cheating is a more sensitive issue among medical students. The present study was conducted to investigate the performance and attitude of undergraduate students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences in Iran towards cheating, as well asthe factors that influence cheating. Methods: The present descriptive analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014 on 524 female and male undergraduate students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Convenience sampling was used to select the participants. The data were collected using a valid and reliable 64-item questionnaire on performance and attitude towards cheating with a Cronbach's alpha

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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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Attitudes Toward Academic Dishonesty in Physician Assistant Students

Abstract: This study confirmed previous research indicating that academic dishonesty exists in PA education. It also determined that clinical-year PA student attitudes toward and experiences with academic dishonesty vary.

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Gender-Based Differences Among Pharmacy Students Involved in Academically Dishonest Behavior

Gender-Based Differences Among Pharmacy Students Involved in Academically Dishonest Behavior

Performance and Attitude of Undergraduate Students of Golestan University of Medical Sciences Towards Cheating in Exams

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

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