What is it about?
The authors surveyed the level of knowledge about plagiarism, anti-plagiarism policies, and prevention strategies among postgraduate resident doctors in Peshawar, Pakistan. Given the concerning results, a number of remediation strategies have been suggested, which would be applicable to other health libraries wishing to address the challenge of plagiarism among health researchers in general.
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Why is it important?
Our findings shows that while resident doctors in two teaching hospitals in Pakistan were aware of plagiarism as a concept, they did not fully appreciate its negative implications. In addition, it was clear that this cohort felt that they were not benefiting from the respective hospital libraries' IL programs.
Perspectives
We have contextualized this study in terms of academic integrity to highlight the importance of plagiarism in relation to the broader challenge of safeguarding an institution's research culture.
Dr Joanna P. Richardson
Retired
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This page is a summary of: Awareness about plagiarism and the effectiveness of library literacy programme towards its deterrence: a perspective of postgraduate resident doctors, Global Knowledge Memory and Communication, April 2021, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/gkmc-08-2020-0130.
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