Plagiarism in Residency Application Essays
Authors: Sameer Siddique, Harris V. Naina, Samar Harris
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2010)

Letters7 December 2010Plagiarism in Residency Application EssaysSameer Siddique, MD, Harris V. Naina, MD, and Samar Harris, MDSameer Siddique, MDFrom Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390.Search for more papers by this author, Harris V. Naina, MDFrom Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390.Search for more papers by this author, and Samar Harris, MDFrom Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-153-11-201012070-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Although Segal and colleagues (1) must be congratulated for their study in converting long-held suspicions to hard research evidence, we feel that their conclusions are simplistic and do not address several issues.First, although most international medical graduates come from places where English is not their first language and are culturally and socially different from U.S. or Canadian graduates, this does not in any way imply that plagiarism there is more socially acceptable or is less of an ethical crime than in the Western world.Second, in a competitive field of professionals, each displaying similar traits to ...References1. Segal S, Gelfand BJ, Hurwitz S, Berkowitz L, Ashley SW, Nadel ES, et al. Plagiarism in residency application essays. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:112-20. [PMID: 20643991] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Mowatt G, Shirran L, Grimshaw JM, Rennie D, Flanagin A, Yank V, et al. Prevalence of honorary and ghost authorship in Cochrane reviews. JAMA. 2002;287:2769-71. [PMID: 12038907] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoPlagiarism in Residency Application Essays Scott Segal , Brian J. Gelfand , Shelley Hurwitz , Lori Berkowitz , Stanley W. Ashley , Eric S. Nadel , and Joel T. Katz Plagiarism in Residency Application Essays Moxie Stratton-Loeffler Plagiarism in Residency Application Essays Jonas B. Green Plagiarism in Residency Application Essays Michael Kirsch Plagiarism in Residency Application Essays Jason P. Lott Response to Comments on Plagiarism in Residency Application Essays Scott Segal , Brian J. Gelfand , and Joel T. Katz Metrics Cited byPlagiarised letters of recommendation submitted for the National Resident Matching ProgramResponse to Comments on Plagiarism in Residency Application EssaysScott Segal, MD, MHCM, Brian J. Gelfand, MD, and Joel T. Katz, MD 7 December 2010Volume 153, Issue 11Page: 765-766KeywordsConflicts of interestCrimeForecastingGraduate medical educationMotivationResidencyTaste ePublished: 7 December 2010 Issue Published: 7 December 2010 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2010 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...