Cheating in Medical School: A Survey of Second-Year Students at 31 Schools

A survey of 2,459 medical students found that 39% had witnessed cheating in their first 2 years of medical school, and 66.5% had heard about cheating. About 5% reported having cheated during that time. Students appeared resigned to the fact of cheating, but lacked consensus about how to proceed when...

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Analysis of Variance
Attitude of Health Personnel
Behavior Standards
Bioethics
Cheating
Competitive Behavior
Deception
Educational Needs
Ethics
Ethics, Medical
Female
Higher Education
Humans
Male
Medical Education
Medical Students
Organizational Culture
Prevalence
Professional Education
Professional Misconduct
Sex Factors
Student Attitudes
Student Behavior
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Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data
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