ACADEMIC INTEGRITY; Fostering a climate to minimize academic misconduct among medical students

摘要

Academic misconduct is a serious and a common problem. The aim of this articleis to review the literature for different methods used to counteract this problem. My synthesisis that the use of these mechanical methods of detecting and deterring dishonesty leads toa climate of us versus them between students and faculty and to an environment of policesrather than a culture of integrity. Moral development can be integrated into curriculum throughprofessional ethics courses with the purpose to develop academic integrity.