Skip to main content

Table 5 Two level difference between the sanctions approved by faculty and students in the recommended sanctions for 12 lapses (35 % of the total)

From: Your professionalism is not my professionalism: congruence and variance in the views of medical students and faculty about professionalism

S No

Survey statement

Faculty

Students

Chi-Square

(p-value)

1

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

3

1

60.00 (0.050)

2

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

6

4

3

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

7

5

4

Completing work for another student

5

3

5

Providing illegal drugs to fellow students

9

7

6

Resubmitting work previously submitted for a separate assignment or degree

5

3

7

Plagiarizing work from a fellow student or publications/internet

6

4

8

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

7

5

9

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

9

7

10

Joking or speaking disrespectfully about bodies/body parts

4

2

11

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

4

2

12

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

6

4

  1. The overall difference between faculty and students was highly statistically significant (p < 0.050)