Differences between the years in reported behaviour to the scenarios. Students were asked: “Have you or would you consider doing it?”
| Per cent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario | Response | Year 1 | Year2/3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
| 1. John forges Dr Cloony’s signature on a piece of work—for example, patient presentation, record of achievement. * p<0.001 | Yes | 0 | 3 (0.3 to 5.7) | 12 (5.1 to 18.9) | 37 (25.2 to 48.8) |
| No | 95 (91.5 to 98.5) | 87 (81.8 to 92.2) | 74 (64.7 to 83.3) | 55 (42.5 to 67.2) | |
| Not sure | 5 (1.5 to 8.5) | 10 (5.3 to 14.7) | 14 (6.7 to 21.3) | 8 (1.4 to 14.6) | |
| 2. John copies answers in a degree exam from Jean. | Yes | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| No | 96 | 94 | 99 | 97 | |
| Not sure | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3. John chats to Jean about the OSCE Jean has just completed and John is about to go into. | Yes | 32 | 25 | 37 | 32 |
| No | 38 | 48 | 48 | 55 | |
| Not sure | 30 | 27 | 15 | 13 | |
| 4. John copies from textbooks or published papers and lists them as references. | Yes | 55 | 48 | 69 | 58 |
| No | 19 | 29 | 23 | 32 | |
| Not sure | 26 | 23 | 8 | 10 | |
| 5. John copies directly from textbooks or published papers without acknowledging the source. | Yes | 10 | 11 | 16 | 24 |
| No | 75 | 79 | 76 | 68 | |
| Not sure | 15 | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
| 6. John copies Jean’s work—for example, patient presentation, SSM report, case discussion. | Yes | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| No | 82 | 86 | 84 | 86 | |
| Not sure | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |
| 7. John lends Jean his work to look at, and she copies it without telling him. * p=0.003 | Yes | 41 (33.0 to 49.0) | 32 (24.7 to 39.3) | 31 (21.1 to 40.9) | 25 (14.4 to 35.6) |
| No | 39 (31.1 to 46.9) | 52 (44.2 to 59.8) | 59 (48.5 to 69.5) | 67 (55.5 to 78.5) | |
| Not sure | 20 (13.5 to 26.5) | 16 (10.3 to 21.7) | 10 (3.6 to 16.4) | 8 (1.4 to 14.6) | |
| 8. John lends Jean his work to copy. | Yes | 22 | 24 | 28 | 22 |
| No | 48 | 58 | 58 | 70 | |
| Not sure | 30 | 18 | 14 | 8 | |
| 9. John writes a piece of work—for example, patient presentation etc for Jean. | Yes | 7 | 8 | 9 | 15 |
| No | 85 | 86 | 87 | 78 | |
| Not sure | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
| 10. John writes “Nervous system examination—normal” in his patient presentation when he hasn’t performed the procedure. * p<0.001 | Yes | 2 (−0.3 to 4.3) | 45 (37.1 to 52.9) | 54 (43.5 to 64.5) | 40 (28.1 to 51.9) |
| No | 93 (88.9 to 97.1) | 35 (27.4 to 42.6) | 38 (27.7 to 48.3) | 49 (36.8 to 61.2) | |
| Not sure | 5 (1.5 to 8.5) | 20 (13.7 to 26.3) | 8 (2.3 to 13.7) | 11 (3.4 to 18.6) | |
| 11. John resubmits work already submitted for a different part of the course—for example, a SSM report for his fourth year project. * p<0.001 | Yes | 12 (6.7 to 17.3) | 17 (11.0 to 23.0) | 16 (8.2 to 23.8) | 43 (31.0 to 55.0) |
| No | 71 (63.6 to 78.4) | 67 (59.5 to 74.5) | 71 (61.4 to 80.6) | 42 (30.0 to 54.0) | |
| Not sure | 17 (10.9 to 23.1) | 16 (10.2 to 21.8) | 13 (5.9 to 20.1) | 15 (6.3 to 23.7) | |
| 12. John submits his thesis from a previous degree for his special study module. * p<0.001 | Yes | 23 (16.2 to 29.8) | 16 (10.2 to 21.8) | 12 (5.1 to 18.9) | 20 (10.2 to 29.8) |
| No | 47 (38.9 to 55.1) | 69 (61.6 to 76.4) | 75 (65.8 to 84.2) | 67 (55.5 to 78.5) | |
| Not sure | 30 (22.6 to 37.4) | 15 (9.3 to 20.7) | 13 (5.9 to 20.1) | 13 (4.8 to 21.2) | |
| 13. John submits work submitted the previous year by his senior. | Yes | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| No | 95 | 95 | 91 | 89 | |
| Not sure | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14. John and Jean submit the same SSM report. | Yes | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| No | 89 | 81 | 80 | 81 | |
| Not sure | 9 | 14 | 16 | 11 | |