Using the Dundee Polyprofessionalism Inventory I to Identify Differences in Students’ Recommended Sanctions for Lapses in Academic Integrity within Three Arab Gulf Medical Schools

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Objectives: To determine whether there are significant differences in medical students within three medical schools in their recommended sanctions for a one-time infraction in 34 unprofessional behaviors related to academic integrity based on the students' gender, age group, and level of study in three Arab Gulf countries (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain (BAH)). Methods: This cross-sectional study administered the Dundee Poly-professionalism Inventory I to 1641 2 nd -, 3 rd -, 4 th -, and 5 th -year undergraduate medical students at three colleges of medicine at government universities in three Gulf countries. Results: The response rate was 65%. There was high congruence in 16/47% of the 34 recommended sanctions within the three schools and some lower levels of congruence in the other 18/53% with a trend towards older students in senior years recommending more lenient sanctions. Conclusions: The Dundee Polyprofessionalism Inventory (Academic Integrity) facilitates identification of areas of weak congruence in recommended sanctions for lapses of academic integrity to facilitate remedial interventions.