title: Poor intentions or poor attention: misrepresentation by applicants to psychiatry residency.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examines the veracity of self-reported data by applicants to psychiatry residency.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors reviewed the reported publications of all applicants to a psychiatry residency training program over a 2-year span.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine percent of applicants reporting publications were found to have misrepresented them. International medical graduates were found to be more likely to have misrepresented their publications than U.S. medical graduates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A small but significant number of applicants to psychiatry residency training misrepresent their publications. Identification of misrepresentation may provide valuable information about the applicant and their future performance in training and practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA. jpcaplan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jason P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Caplan
authors.forename: Jonathan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Borus
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001319:Authorship; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008192:Deception; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates / Q000592:standards; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007586:Job Application; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D011643:Publishing; D011932:Reading; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure