Responsibilities of Students

  • Be courteous of teachers and fellow students
  • Be prepared and on time
  • Be active, enthusiastic, curious learners
  • Demonstrate professional behavior in all settings
  • Recognize that not all learning stems from formal and structured activities
  • Recognize their responsibility to establish learning objectives and to participate as an active learner
  • Demonstrate a commitment to life-long learning, a practice that is essential to the profession of medicine
  • Recognize personal limitations and seek help as needed
  • Display honesty, integrity and compassion
  • Recognize the privileges and responsibilities coming from the opportunity to work with patients in clinical settings
  • Recognize the duty to place patient welfare above their own
  • Recognize and respect patients’ rights to privacy
  • Solicit feedback on their performance and recognize that criticism is not synonymous with “abuse”