Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD) 2023–2024 44 Student Mistreatment Policy 1. Preamble NSU MD is committed to providing and maintaining a positive environment for study and training where individuals are judged solely on relevant factors such as ability and performance and can pursue their educational and professional activities in an atmosphere that is humane, respectful, and safe. Our students are exceptionally talented individuals, dedicated to becoming outstanding physicians, who have selected this medical college for their training. Effective learning is possible only in an environment where students can trust their teachers to treat them fairly and with respect. The teacher may be a faculty member, resident, student, or other member of the health care team. The teacher or learner relationship is unique, because students are vulnerable and depend on many of their teachers for evaluations and recommendations. In addition, medical education includes mastering not just pathophysiology, but also the essentials of professional behavior. Students learn professional behavior primarily by observing the actions of their teacher role models. Unprofessional, disrespectful, or abusive behavior by teachers is antithetical to standards of professional conduct medical students are expected to master. These behaviors by teachers may also be self-perpetuating, as students come to believe such behavior is appropriate when they assume the role of teacher. 2. Responsibilities of Teachers and Learners The college has adopted the AAMC Compact Between Teachers and Learners of Medicine. This compact serves as a pledge and as a reminder to teachers and learners that their conduct in fulfilling their mutual obligations is the medium through which the profession inculcates its ethical values. 3. Unprofessional and Abusive Behaviors The responsibilities of teachers and students listed in the compact constitute examples of respectful and professional behaviors. These are our standards. Mistreatment of students can occur in a variety of forms and may seriously impair learning. Types of abuse include verbal, power, ethnic, physical, and sexual harassment. Examples of mistreatment of students include, but are not limited to, repeated instances or single egregious instances of • yelling or shouting at a student in public or private • criticism or other actions that reasonably can be interpreted as demeaning, insulting, or humiliating • assigning duties as punishment rather than education • unwarranted exclusion from reasonable learning opportunities or intentional neglect or lack of communication (e.g., neglect in a clerkship, of students with interests in a different field of medicine) or other instances that cause unwarranted exclusion from reasonable learning or professional opportunities • threats to fail, give lower grades, or give a poor evaluation for inappropriate reasons • disregard for student safety • denigrating comments about a student’s preferred choice of specialty
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