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Academic Policy Manual Part II (3rd and 4th 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 students of the hearing and appeal procedures which will 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 all submitted information. The Senior Associate Dean or his designate will determine if their appears to be sufficient substance to the allegations to either dismiss the allegation or proceeding with a hearing. The Senior Associate Dean or his designate will chair a three person ad hoc committee to hear the case which will also include two senior faculty in departments not involved to also serve as voting members. The Chair of this ad hoc committee will convene the Committee within 30 working days of receipt of the written allegations and student(s) response for the purpose of conducting an impartial hearing. 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 a personal 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.

Dismissed allegations will not be recorded in the student's official academic file. Otherwise, all decisions of the Ad Hoc committee, Medical Council, the Student Appeal Board and University will be documented in the student's official academic file.