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

Ip, Eric J.; Pal, Jai; Doroudgar, Shadi; Bidwal, Monica K.; Shah-Manek, Bijal

doi:10.5688/ajpe6274

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“…Most of the respondents were female (77%) and according to (Whitley et al, 1999 ), females are generally more helpful and supportive displaying enhanced collectivistic traits. However, no association was seen between gender and cheating behavior as has also been reported by others (Ip et al, 2018 ; Özcan et al, 2019 ).…”

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Academic Integrity Perceptions Among Health-Professions’ Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in The Middle East

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A high level of professional integrity is expected from healthcare professionals, and literature suggests a relationship between unethical behavior of healthcare professionals and poor academic integrity behavior at medical school. While academic integrity is well researched in western countries, it is not so in the Middle East, which is characterized by different cultural values that may influence students’ academic integrity conduct. We conducted a cross-sectional study among health-professions students at a university in the Middle East to assess perceptual differences on various cheating behaviors, as well as to explore the reasons underlying the cheating behavior. A validated survey instrument disseminated among first and second-year undergraduate students resulted in 211 complete responses and this data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Pearson’s Chi-square/ Fischer’s exact test was applied to test the association of various factors with academic misconduct. The major determinants of academic misconduct were investigated using Binary Logistic regression model. The conducted analysis and the results showed that preceding cheating behavior was the only factor significantly associated with cheating in the university (p < 0.001). No association was found between cheating behavior and age, college/major, awareness regarding academic integrity, or perception of faculty response. The reasons provided by students for cheating behavior were mainly academic workload and pressure to get a good grade. Various suggestions are made to enhance academic integrity among health-professions students including organizing workshops and events by the university to increase awareness and create an academic integrity culture, providing peer guidance as well as emotional and social support.

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Academic Integrity Perceptions Among Health-Professions’ Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in The Middle East

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“…Although this intervention technique seems sound in a specific discipline such as accounting, it appears defective across entire fields of study and in traditionally male-dominated careers. In contrast, in another study, Ip et al (2018) stated that there is no statistically significant gender difference regarding engaging in various forms of dishonesty behaviors in college. The reason could be that dishonesty contextual factors can influence academic dishonesty.…”

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The carryover effects of college dishonesty on the professional workplace dishonest behaviors: A systematic review

Mulisa

Ebessa

2021

Cogent Education

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There has been a growing interest in determining whether dishonesty in college can be transferred to the professional workplace. There have been few, yet scarce, studies that focused on the link between college and workplace dishonesty. This review aims to bring into the limelight evidence-based consistency of the links between college and workplace dishonesty. Four databases were systematically scanned and yielded 18 articles related to dishonesty at the college and workplace levels were retrieved. Recognizing that there are only a few studies in this area that limit generalizations of this article, there are pieces of evidence that support a considerable association between college and workplace dishonest behaviors. Academic dishonesty in college can be considered more than just a matter of immediate academic repercussions, and it can also indicate potential workplace dishonesty to some degree. Instead, it tends to be a choice between producing ethical and unethical citizens or between preserving and smashing the profession. We have attempted to maintain academic integrity by developing multi-level intervention approaches that involve students, educators, administrators, and policymakers.

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“…The study concluded that cheaters possessed lower mastery motivation and higher extrinsic motivation. These findings suggest the need to foster students' awareness of unprofessional attitudes, including cheating and academic misconduct [25].…”

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Comparison of the Professionalism Behaviours of Medical Students from Four GCC Universities with Single-gender and Co-educational Learning Climates

Al-Qahtani¹,

Guraya²

2019

TONURSJ

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Background: Medical professionalism is a multi-dimensional construct that is viewed differently across institutions. Such variations might be related to diverse cultural and societal characteristics of learners and faculty. Objectives: This study determined whether differences exist between proposed sanctions for a one-time academic integrity infraction associated with unprofessional behaviors. We selected four medical schools with either single-gender or co-educational learning environments in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Methods: The 34-statement Dundee Polyprofessionalism Inventory I was disseminated to all medical students across years in selected institutions. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted, and median scores were used to determine the respondents’ proposed sanctions. Results: Of the 1941 invitees, 1313 students responded (response rate of 68%). Significant similarity, as recorded by median sanction scores was recorded for 21 (62%) of the 34 inventory items from two medical schools. However, significant differences of one level of difference between all the median sanction scores for single-gender and co-educational students were found for 32% of inventory items. In co-educational schools, males were stricter than females for 9% and seniors were stricter than juniors for 12% of the inventory items. In contrast, in single-gender schools, females were stricter than males for only 6% of the inventory and seniors were more lenient than juniors for another 6% of the inventory. Conclusions: This study reports significant congruence and some differences in medical students’ perceptions of unprofessional behaviors. Educators are urged to develop a unified framework for enforcing sanctions to unprofessional behaviors.

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

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Academic Integrity Perceptions Among Health-Professions’ Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in The Middle East

Academic Integrity Perceptions Among Health-Professions’ Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in The Middle East

The carryover effects of college dishonesty on the professional workplace dishonest behaviors: A systematic review

Comparison of the Professionalism Behaviours of Medical Students from Four GCC Universities with Single-gender and Co-educational Learning Climates

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