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There is a paucity of research into the prevalence of academic dishonesty within Canada compared to other countries. Recently, there has been a call for a better understanding of the particular characteristics of educational integrity in Canada so that Canada can more meaningfully contribute to current discussions surrounding academic integrity. Here, we present findings from student (N = 1142) and faculty (N = 130) surveys conducted within a medium-sized (~ 8700 students) Canadian university. These surveys probed perceptions towards, and experiences with, academic dishonesty, in which we aimed to understand how students and faculty regarded academically dishonest practices during their postsecondary careers. We also aimed to understand how often students engaged in, and faculty had witnessed, academic dishonesty, whether or not witnessing incidents of academic dishonesty corresponded with gender, year of experience, highest level of educational attainment, discipline, or their personal perceptions towards the importance of academic honesty, and whether students had been adequately taught what constitutes academic dishonesty. We found that an overwhelming majority of students viewed academic honesty as important, and that most students reported not engaging in academic dishonesty themselves despite 45.8% reporting that they had witnessed others engage in academic dishonesty. We also found that students were more likely to witness cheating as their postsecondary experience increased, that witnessing varied across disciplines and educational attainment, and that witnessing varied with student perceptions. However, we found no such patterns in faculty responses, but found that faculty are split on whether or not they believe incidents of academic honesty are increasing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment is an important health outcome for measuring the efficacy of treatments and interventions for coronary artery disease (CAD). HRQOL is known to improve over the first year after interventions for CAD, but there is limited knowledge of the changes in HRQOL beyond 1 year. We investigated heterogeneity in long-term trajectories of HRQOL in patients with CAD.Methods and Results: Data were obtained from 6226 patients identified from the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease with at least 1-vessel CAD who underwent their first catheterization between 2006 and 2009. HRQOL was assessed using the Seattle Angina Questionnaire, a 19-item disease-specific measure of HRQOL for patients with CAD. Group-based trajectory analysis was used to identify various subgroups of Seattle Angina Questionnaire trajectories over time while adjusting for missing data through a longitudinal multiple imputation model. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify the predictors of differences among the identified subgroups. Our analysis revealed significant improvements in HRQOL across all the 5 domains of Seattle Angina Questionnaire overtime for the whole data. Multitrajectory analyses revealed 4 HRQOL trajectory subgroups including high (25.1%), largely increased (32.3%), largely decreased (25.0%), and low (17.6%) trajectories. Age, sex, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, previous history of myocardial infarction, smoking, depression, anxiety, type of treatment received, and perceived social support were significant predictors of differences among these trajectory subgroups.Conclusions: This study highlights variations in longitudinal trajectories of HRQOL in patients with CAD. Despite overall improvements in HRQOL, about a quarter of our cohort experienced a significant decline in their HRQOL over the 5-year period. Understanding these HRQOL trajectories may help personalize prognostic information, identify patients and HRQOL domains on which clinical interventions are most beneficial, and support treatment decisions for patients with CAD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]