Fraud and plagiarisim in school and career

Abstract

Between 0% and 94% of university students acknowledge having committed academic fraud. Its forms are varied: cheating on examinations, submitting someone else's work, plagiarism, false citations, false reporting on experiments, tests or findings in the medical history and physical examination, unfair behavior toward fellow students, and many others. The consequences of academic fraud include learning corruption, useless efforts by students and faculty, incorrect performance evaluations and unfair selection for jobs. Since this can be a prelude to future fraud as doctors or researches, the prevalence, risk factors, motivations, clinical appearances, detection and prevention of the disease of academic fraud are here reviewed.

Keywords: Academic fraud; Cheating; Engaño; Estudiante de medicina; Falta de ética profesional; Fraude académico; Fraude científico; Medical student; Plagiarism; Plagio; Professional misconduct; Scientific fraud.