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The 10 most wanted test cheaters in medical education
Author(s) -
Royal Kenneth,
Hedgpeth MarianWells,
Mulkey Jamie,
Fremer John
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/medu.13096
Subject(s) - cheating , test (biology) , typology , law enforcement , psychology , medical education , social psychology , medicine , political science , law , sociology , biology , paleontology , anthropology
Abstract This paper takes on a list of the 10 most wanted test cheaters comparable with ‘most wanted’ lists used by law enforcement agencies to bring attention to the issue of test cheating in medical education. The research provides an overview of test cheating in modern medical education, presents a typology of common cheaters, and provides guidelines for the prevention and detection of cheating.