Academic disintegrity among medical students: A randomised response technique study

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-153

  Mortaz Hejri, Sameh ^a   Zendehdel, Kazem ^b   Asghari, Fariba ^c   Fotouhi, Akbar ^d   Rashidian, Arash ^d,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECEPTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872531862     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12085     Document Type: Article

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