What Is Plagiarism?

 

 

 

 

 

The Plagiarism Spectrum

 

 

 

 

Why Plagiarism Is Important

 

To submit a project or piece that is not truly the product of your own mind and skill is to commit plagiarism. To put it bluntly, plagiarism is the act of stealing the ideas and/or expression of another and representing them as your own. It is a form of cheating and therefore a form of scholastic dishonesty that can result in a referral to the GMC.

 

You need to understand what constitutes plagiarism, so that you will not unwittingly jeopardise your medical career. Trainees should remember the importance of presenting original data honestly acquired.

 

* Extracts from papers etc should have an acknowledgement of source

 

* Material that is used in submissions and obtained from the World Wide Web should also have an acknowledgement of source and date accessed

 

* Material must always be attributed to its sources both within the text and in a bibliography

 

* Rules about plagiarism and collusion apply to all assessed and non-assessed work

 

 

Clearly, plagiarism is relevant to any written work (eg projects/audits) you submit as "additional" evidence for the nMRCGP.

Yorkshire Deanery now submit written submissions through plagiarism detection software. This software compares the submitted text with web-based articles and also other assignments or projects that have been submitted to the service.

It is important that trainees and trainers throughout Yorkshire are aware of what is meant by plagiarism and are confident that written submissions are indeed the work of the trainee.