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Honesty vs integrity
Honesty is telling the truth. Integrity is doing what is right when it would be easier not to.
Summary
- A doctor who admits an error is being honest.
- A doctor who also reports it and works to stop it happening again shows integrity.
- A person can be honest without integrity, for example by truthfully describing poor care and doing nothing about it.
- Both appear in the standards the regulator sets for doctors.
Interview questions
- What is the difference between honesty and integrity?
- Tell me about a time when doing the right thing cost you something.
- A friend on your course asks you to sign them in to a lecture they missed. What do you do?
Practise answering these with a mentor
Our interview preparation has you answer questions like these out loud, with feedback on each answer.
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