Scientific Dishonesty: A Survey of Doctoral Students at the Major Medical Faculties in Sweden and Norway.
As we need knowledge about the prevalence of scientific dishonesty, this study investigates the knowledge of, experiences with, and attitudes toward various forms of scientific dishonesty among PhD students at the main medical faculties in Sweden and Norway. An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all post-graduate research students attending basic PhD courses at the medical faculties in Stockholm and Oslo during the fall 2014. The responding doctoral students reported to know about various forms of scientific dishonesty from the literature, in their department, and for some also through their own experience. Some forms of scientific misconduct were considered to be acceptable by a significant minority. There was a high level of willingness to report misconduct but little awareness of relevant policies for scientific conduct.
University of Oslo, Norway University College of Gjøvik, Norway b.m.hofmann@medisin.uio.no.
Bjørn
B
Hofmann
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gert
G
Helgesson
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Niklas
N
Juth
University of Oslo, Norway University of Manchester, UK Aalborg University, Denmark.
Søren
S
Holm
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D012577:Schools, Medical; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden
dishonesty; doctoral students; fabrication; falsification; misconduct; plagiarism; science ethics