Unethical behavior and professionalism among medical students in a private medical university in Malaysia.

Background: Ethical behavior and professionalism is an ideal characteristic required of medical students and included as 'must achieve' and critical aspect of medical students' curriculum. This study proposes to determine the perceived unethical and unprofessional behavior among medical students in a private medical university from year 1 to year 5 of the medical curriculum.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among year 1 to year 5 medical students in a private medical university.