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ArticleBMC medical education2020

Faculty perceptions of student plagiarism and interventions to tackle it: a multiphase mixed-methods study in Qatar.

Mai A Mahmoud, Ziyad R Mahfoud, Ming-Jung Ho, John Shatzer

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Article in BMC medical education, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mai A MahmoudDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1320 York Avenue, HT-621, New York, NY, 10021, USA. mam2080@qatar-med.cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7907-2706
Ziyad R MahfoudDepartment of Medical Education, Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
Ming-Jung HoDepartment of Family Medicine, Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE), Georgetown University Medical Center, MedStar Health, Washington, DC, 20057, USA.
John ShatzerJohns Hopkins University School of Education, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Cornell University · USGeorgetown University · USJohns Hopkins University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe widespread use of the internet and other digital resources has contributed to the escalation of plagiarism among medical students and students of other healthcare professions. Concerns were raised by faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), a branch of Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University in New York, who had been observing plagiarism in students' assignments.

methodsTo identify the extent of plagiarism practices and their contributing factors, a two-phase mixed-method research study was conducted, comprising a survey administered in 2013, followed by longitudinal interventions, and a second survey in 2017 to measure the impact of the interventions.

resultsBy Phase II, overall observed plagiarism incidents per year decreased from 44 to 28%, and the number of faculty who observed no plagiarism incidents increased significantly from 12 to 37%. The faculty concerned about student plagiarism decreased by 33% [53.1 to 20%] between Phase I and Phase II.

conclusionWhen students are provided with information regarding what constitutes plagiarism and their institution's policy in response to plagiarism incidents, they are less likely to engage in such practices.

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FacultyPlagiarismHumansNew YorkPerceptionQatarAcademic integrityInternational learnersMedical studentsPlagiarism intervention

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PMID32958003
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