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Results: A total of 221 physicians in‑training participated in this study. 52.2% were males and 47.5% were females. About half of the respondents (48.9%) had attended a medical writing course, 45.2% published manuscripts and 67% had attended courses in medical research ethics. Respondents had a mean positive attitude towards plagiarism score of 29.56±6.81, indicating an inclination towards plagiarism. Moreover, the mean negative attitude towards plagiarism score was 26.26±3.78, indicating the tendency towards diminished tolerance of plagiarism. Furthermore, subjective norms score showed a mean value of 24.84±5.47, representing an inclination towards personal approval of plagiarism practice in society. No strong correlation was found between attending research ethics course and plagiarism. However, we found that having a previous publication or attending medical writing courses was significantly associated with positive leaning towards plagiarism. Conclusions: Despite having had courses in medical writing, research ethics and/or published a scientific manuscript before; we still found a positive lean towards plagiarism. This emphasises the importance of tackling such behaviour by increasing the level of awareness among trainees to avoid such misconduct.