Cheating at medical school

Cheating in medical school: the unacknowledged ailment.

The reported prevalence of cheating among US medical students ranges from 0% to 58%. Cheating behaviors include copying from others, using unauthorized notes, sharing information about observed structured clinical encounters, and dishonesty about performing physical examinations on patients. Correlates of cheating in medical school include prior cheating behavior, burnout, and inadequate unders...

"Lifting the carpet" on cheating in medical school exams.

A case of exam cheating was reported at an Australian medical school in November 2013. Local and international media coverage followed, with calls for severe penalties, including expulsion, from the profession and the general public. Senior students had taken screenshots of a multiple choice question exam that was undertaken using tablet computers and passed them on to students who had not yet ...

mentorship at qazvin medical school:

background:     purpose:     methods:     results:     conclusion:     more studies need to be conducted to define the role of mentors more clearly and to evaluate the effects of mentorship on iranian medical students’ educational development. the interpretation of the quantitative and qualitative data indicated that both mentors and mentees were satisfied with the mentorship program and stress...

Tinnitus program at Brasília University Medical School.

Over the last 6 months, all patients seen at the otologic clinic of Brasília University Medical School answered a questionnaire designed to identify and describe the symptom of tinnitus. A total of 500 patients reported and described this symptom. They underwent physical examination, laboratory tests and audiological evaluation. In their order of frequency, presbycusis, chronic otitis media, ot...

The Army Medical School at Netley