Table 3 Faculty and students differences in recommending ignore sanction for unprofessional behaviors

1

Getting or giving help for course work against a teacher’s rule (e.g. Lending work to another student to look at)

4.00 %

23.73 %

2

Removing an assigned reference from a shelf in the library in order to prevent other students from gaining access to the information in it

0 %

11.88 %

3

Signing attendance sheets for absent friends, or asking classmates to sign attendance sheets for you in labs or lectures

0 %

29.01 %

4

Drinking alcohol over lunch and interviewing a patient in the afternoon

0 %

8.57 %

5

Exchanging information about an exam before it has been taken (e.g. OSCE)

24.00 %

41.42 %

6

Forging a healthcare worker’s signature on a piece of work, patient chart, grade sheet or attendance form

4.00 %

9.32 %

7

Claiming collaborative work as one’s individual effort

8.00 %

14.29 %

8

Altering or manipulating data (e.g. Adjusting data to obtain a significant result)

6.00 %

10.80 %

9

Failure to follow proper infection control procedures

4.00 %

9.36 %

10

Threatening or verbally abusing a university employee or fellow student

0 %

6.54 %

11

Attempting to use personal relationships, bribes or threats to gain academic advantages by getting advance copies of exam papers or passing an exam by such pressures on staff

0 %

9.33 %

12

Engaging in substance misuse (e.g. Drugs)

0 %

7.48 %

13

Completing work for another student

4.08 %

28.00 %

14

Intentionally falsifying results or treatment records in order to disguise mistakes

0 %

9.73 %

15

Physically assaulting a university employee or student

0 %

6.53 %

16

Purchasing work from a fellow student or internet, etc. supplier

12.24 %

18.21 %

17

Lack of punctuality for classes

0 %

19.81 %

18

Providing illegal drugs to fellow students

0 %

6.94 %

19

Not doing the part assigned in group work

0 %

14.29 %

20

Examining patients without knowledge or consent of supervising clinician

2.00 %

20.27 %

21

Sabotaging another student’s work

6.12 %

8.13 %

22

Inventing extraneous circumstances to delay sitting an exam

0 %

15.15 %

23

Sexually harassing a university employee or fellow student

0 %

6.41 %

24

Resubmitting work previously submitted for a separate assignment or degree

0 %

24.46 %

25

Plagiarizing work from a fellow student or publications/internet

4.08 %

12.20 %

26

Cheating in an exam by e.g. copying from neighbour, taking in crib material or using a mobile phone or getting someone else to sit for you

0 %

6.68 %

27

Cutting and pasting or paraphrasing material without acknowledging the source

2.00 %

14.29 %

28

Damaging public property, e.g. scribbling on desks or chairs

2.00 %

9.33 %

29

Falsifying references or grades on curriculum vitae or altering grades in the official record

2.04 %

9.12 %

30

Involvement in pedophilic activities - possession/viewing of child pornography images or molesting children

0 %

9.09 %

31

Photographing dissection or pro-section or cadaver materials

38.00 %

29.60 %

32

Joking or speaking disrespectfully about bodies/body parts

2.00 %

21.93 %

33

Inappropriate representation of Medicine in social media by posting photos/videos/texts about class or clinic activities

2.00 %

20.21 %

34

Posting inappropriate material about fellow students, teachers or patients on social media

0 %

9.50 %