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

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 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.

Methods

To 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.

Results

By Phase II, overall observed plagiarism incidents per year decreased from 44 to

SUBMITTER: Mahmoud MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7504824 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature