College of Dental Medicine (CDM)—Predoctoral Program 2024–2025 129 Professionalism is one of the required competencies NSU CDM students must acquire and demonstrate. During the four years of dental school, development and demonstration of professional behavior is monitored by the faculty members. Formative assessment of professionalism is evaluated during the D.M.D. program. Summative evaluation of professionalism by faculty members is included in determination of passing grades for all courses. In conferring the D.M.D. degree, Nova Southeastern University certifies that the student is prepared to enter the challenges of advanced education or dental practice. The D.M.D. degree also certifies that, in addition to competency in dental knowledge and skills, the graduate possesses those traits essential to the profession of dental medicine as judged by the faculty members. Attitudes or behaviors inconsistent with compassionate care; refusal by, or inability of, the student to participate constructively in learning or patient care; derogatory attitudes or inappropriate behaviors directed at patients, peers, faculty or staff members; misuse of written or electronic patient records (e.g., accession of patient information without valid reason); substance abuse; failure to disclose pertinent information on a criminal background check; or other unprofessional conduct may evidence a student’s failure to satisfactorily achieve the college’s academic standards. Similarly, alleged violations of NSU’s Code of Student Conduct may indicate unsatisfactory performance in the college core competency of professionalism. The SPC may review allegations of conduct that, in its judgment, indicate an academic deficiency and, if a deficiency is found, may dismiss the student. An SPC review of a student’s academic progress does not preclude an NSU review for student conduct code violations. Therefore, students are evaluated in technical skills, knowledge, and professional values that are discipline-specific and nondiscipline-specific that serve as the foundations needed in all patient care. Failure to meet these standards with a progress (PR) notation and a passing grade may lead to failing grades and academic sanctions up to and including dismissal. As such, meeting the behavioral standards that are expected and required of dental medicine students is an academic requirement. 2. Academic Dishonesty NSU’s CDM holds its students to the highest standards of academic, intellectual, professional, and personal integrity. As such, any form of academic dishonesty is an extremely serious offense, which may warrant severe academic consequences, up to and including, dismissal from the college. All CDM students are required to abide by the Code of Behavioral Conduct delineated in this handbook, as well as the academic honesty standards contained in the NSU Student Handbook’s Student Code of Conduct, which is available online at nova.edu/student-handbook. Therefore, the failure of a student to adhere to academic or behavioral standards of NSU and/or the CDM, including, but not limited to, the attempt of any student to pass any examination by improper or prohibited means; misrepresent their presence in any program activity; misrepresent faculty approval or grade of any assignment or any program activity; knowingly giving, receiving, using, or allowing one’s work to be copied; giving out exam questions or answers; releasing or selling unauthorized course material; submitting any assignment or project (written, preclinical, laboratory, clinical, other) that the student did not personally carry out; aiding, abetting, or observing any other student in any dishonest academic act; or having direct knowledge of such without reporting it; may subject the offending student to a meeting before the SPC and disciplinary action up to, and including, dismissal from the college. Students shall be afforded the opportunity for an internal and private (i.e., no nonuniversity participants) meeting with the SPC in matters relevant to academic dishonesty.
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