KMID : 1104220190310030239
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Korean Journal of Medical Education 2019 Volume.31 No. 3 p.239 ~ p.249
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Cheating behaviors and related factors at a Korean dental school
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Choi Jin-Woo
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate students¡¯ cheating behaviors, perceptions, and risk factors for cheating.
Methods: The author conducted a questionnaire survey of 375 undergraduate students at the Dankook University College of Dentistry in 2017. The questionnaires consisted of three parts: individual information, a moral sensitivity test, and cheating behaviors. Students rated whether they were involved in 28 cheating behaviors and their intolerant attitude for each behavior. Each student received a cheating grade of severity and diversity from 0 to 4 according to the degree of commitment in cheating behaviors. Chi-square and correlation tests were performed among cheating grades, individual factors, and moral sensitivity.
Results: Most students admitted having engaged in at least one cheating behavior (92.2%). School years, intolerant attitudes towards cheating, perceived prevalence, study time, and academic performance showed significant correlations with students¡¯ cheating grades.
Conclusion: These findings indicated that cheating behaviors were a very serious and prevalent problem at this dental college in South Korea. This is a critical issue that must be addressed. Dental school faculty members need to work together to develop policies, ethics curriculum and to improve students¡¯ attitudes. It is also important to encourage students to learn and devote their time to study to reduce cheating behaviors.
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KEYWORD
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Dental education, Ethics, Korea
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