Under the patronage of Mr. Wissam Kazem Hamdan, the esteemed Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department,

a workshop was organized by the department on Monday, April 15, 2024, at 11:30 AM,

 entitled "Text Plagiarism."

The workshop was delivered by Ph.Dr. Saba Tarek

and it included a clear definition of the concept of text plagiarism, its causes, methods of avoidance, and its scientific, legal, and practical implications, along with applications aimed at enhancing scientific integrity.

Additionally, the workshop addressed the specific guidelines regarding plagiarism and the prescribed percentages as per the directives of the Research and Development Department at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Examples of research papers examined using the Turnitin program were discussed, along with an interpretation of the similarity report results. The workshop also prompted various questions regarding the examination process, text storage in the program repository, and the examination of theses, dissertations, and research papers.