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Academic Policy Manual Part I
(1st and 2nd Years)
Academic Honesty
Stritch students are expected to
conduct themselves in a professional manner and maintain high ethical standards
in all of their academic endeavors. Instances in which a student fails to fulfill
expectations of academic honesty will be regarded as academic deficiencies.
Examples of academic dishonesty include, but
are not limited to, accepting assistance from or giving assistance to another
student during an examination or in the preparation of any graded material,
plagiarism, falsifying patient information, theft of information, sabotaging
another student's laboratory experiment, misusing another person's signature
or falsifying academic grades or clinical evaluations.
All allegations of student behavior inconsistent
with this policy must be documented in writing by the course director or the
chairperson of the department responsible for the course and submitted to the
Associate Dean for Student Affairs within a reasonable period of time after
the alleged incident. The Associate Dean for Student Affairs will confirm in
writing to the student(s) the allegation and documentation, request a written
response, and inform the student(s) of the hearing and appeal procedures to
be followed.
The Associate Dean for Student Affairs, upon
receipt of all pertinent materials from the department and from the student(s),
will notify the Senior Associate Dean of the allegations and provide him all
submitted information. The Senior Associate Dean or his designate will determine
if there appears to be sufficient substance to the allegations to either dismiss
the allegation or proceed with a hearing. In the event of a hearing, the Senior
Associate Dean or his designate will chair a three person ad hoc committee to
hear the case. The other members will be two senior faculty members from departments
not involved in the case. The Chair will convene the Committee within 30 working
days of receipt of the written allegations and student(s) response. The student(s)
will have the right to be present at this hearing and may be accompanied by
a peer or faculty member. The chair may invite other parties to participate
in the hearing as deemed necessary. No legal counsel will be permitted.
The decision and recommendations of the ad
hoc committee will be presented to the Medical Council of the Stritch School
of Medicine for approval. The student(s) will be promptly notified in writing
by the Dean of the outcome of the hearing and the decision of Medical Council.
The student(s) will have the right of an appeal
to the Student Appeal Board. If a student is dissatisfied with the action of
the Student Appeal Board, he/she may submit a petition for a single appeal to
the University through the Executive Vice President of the Medical Center as
specified in the appropriate Academic Policy Manual.
All decisions of the ad hoc committee,
Medical Council, and the Student Appeal Board and University
will be documented in the student's official academic
file. In the event allegations are dismissed, no actions
will be recorded in a student's official academic file.
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