::INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES::

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TITLE:

ACADEMIC CHEATING AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS

AUTHORS:

Shafia Arshad, Safa Munawar, Farayha Khalid

ABSTRACT:

Academic dishonesty, academic misconduct, academic fraud and academic integrity are related concepts that refer to various actions on the part of students that go against the expected norms of a school, university or other learning institution. A total of 110 students was included in the study. The mean age of the students was 22.23±1.23 years. There were 54 (49%) females and 56 (51%) males in the study. According to 20% of the students, they never cheated during the examination or internal assessments, 35% responded that they cheated occasionally i.e. once or twice during their examination. Forty five percent of the students said they always cheat during the examination. According to this study, there are a lot of students who cheat during the examination i.e. occasional or always. The various reasons of cheating must be evaluated, and proper policy should be made to minimize this issue. Keywords: Academic cheating, dishonesty, medical students