Abstract
Purpose: Academic dishonesty is not only a serious threat to academic integrity but also to the late professional life of a health science professional. Lack of professionalism leads to decreased treatment outcomes thereby leading detoriation of reputation.
Objective: To find out the prevailing academic dishonest behavior among health science students in Chennai.
Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among 200 health science students of both the genders in Chennai and their level of academic dishonesty was assessed using a self-administered questionnaire.
Results: The study results were analyzed in general and the dishonesty behavior was compared between both men and women using independent sample t test. Men tend to be highly deviant in academic behavior than women students (p=0.000).
Conclusion: Students of health care profession are highly involved in the academic dishonest behavior despite the student ethics and academic integrity.
Recommended Citation
Rajeshwari, Abishek Jayapal and Parasuraman, Kamalanathan
(2022)
"Academic Dishonesty Among Health Science Students In Chennai,"
Health Professions Education: Vol. 8:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://hpe.researchcommons.org/journal/vol8/iss2/6
